Productivity of malaria vectors from different habitat types in the western kenya highlands

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Ndenga, Bryson A ^a,b   Simbauni, Jemimah A ^b   Mbugi, Jenard P ^b   Githeko, Andrew K ^a   Fillinger, Ulrike ^c  

^a KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DISEASE CARRIER; HABITAT; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SWAMP; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; SEASON;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

WATER;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DISEASE VECTORS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER;

EID: 79955749201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019473     Document Type: Article

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