Larval habitat characteristics of the genus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) and a checklist of mosquitoes in Guilan Province, northern Iran

Iranian Journal of Arthropod-Borne Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-53

  Azari Hamidian, S ^a  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anophelinae; Ecology; Iran; larvae

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052413005     PISSN: 17357179     EISSN: 20082517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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