Spatio-temporal distribution of malaria vectors (Diptera: Culicidae) across different climatic zones of Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 498-504

  Hanafi Bojd, Ahmad Ali ^a   Azari Hamidian, Shahyad ^b   Vatandoost, Hassan ^a   Zabihollah, Charrahy ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Distribution; GIS; Iran; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES DTHALI; ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS; ANOPHELES MACULIPENNIS; ANOPHELES PULCHERRIMUS; ANOPHELES SACHAROVI; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ANOPHELES SUPERPICTUS; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); IRAN; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE; CULICIDAE; DEMOGRAPHY; INSECT VECTORS; IRAN; MALARIA; RAIN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79960233119     PISSN: 19957645     EISSN: 19957645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1995-7645(11)60134-X     Document Type: Article

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