Integrated mosquito larval source management reduces larval numbers in two highland villages in western Kenya

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Imbahale, Susan S ^a,b,e   Githeko, Andrew ^b   Mukabana, Wolfgang R ^c,d   Takken, Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^e Kenya Polytechnic University College   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anopheles spp; Arrow root; Bacillus thuringiensis var israelensis Bti; Drainage; Gambusia affinis; Kenya; Larval source management

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CULEX; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; HUMANS; KENYA; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 84861157361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-362     Document Type: Article

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