Malaria vector species in Colombia: A review

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 106, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 223-238

  Montoya Lerma, James ^a   Solarte, Yezid A ^a,b   Giraldo Calderón, Gloria Isabel ^a   Quiñones, Martha L ^c   Ruiz López, Freddy ^d   Wilkerson, Richard C ^d   González, Ranulfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^b Consorcio para la Investigación Científica Caucaseco ^*  (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Colombia; Review

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN; MALARIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; COLOMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; ANOPHELES DARLINGI; ANOPHELES NEIVAI; ANOPHELES NUNEZTOVARI; ANOPHELES PSEUDOPUNCTIPENNIS;

EID: 80051761076     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762011000900028     Document Type: Review

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