Environmental factors associated with larval habitats of anopheline mosquitoes (diptera: Culicidae) in irrigation and major drainage areas in the middle course of the rift valley, central ethiopia

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 85-92

  Kenea, Oljira ^a   Balkew, Meshesha ^b   Gebre Michael, Teshome ^b  

^a WOLLEGA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Anophelines; Ethiopia; Irrigation and drainage; Larval habitats

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES CINEREUS; ANOPHELES COUSTANI; ANOPHELES PHAROENSIS; ANOPHELES SQUAMOSUS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ETHIOPIA; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LARVA; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; SPECIES HABITAT; SWAMP; VEGETATION; WATER CURRENT; WATER PH; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TUBIDITY;

AGRICULTURAL IRRIGATION; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ETHIOPIA; FRESH WATER; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79959348371     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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