Impact of environmental changes and human-related factors on the potential malaria vector, anopheles labranchiae (Diptera: Culicidae), in Maremma, Central Italy

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 833-842

  Boccolini, D ^a,b   Toma, L ^a   Di Luca, M ^a   Severini, F ^a   Cocchi, M ^a   Bella, A ^c   Massa, A ^a   Barbieri, F Mancini ^a   Bongiorno, G ^a   Angeli, L ^d   Pontuale, G ^a   Raffaelli, I ^a   Fausto, A M ^e   Tamburro, A ^a   Romi, R ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Regional Unit of Environmental Zoology   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

^e Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali ^*

Author keywords

Anopheles labranchiae; environmental change; Italy; malaria

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES LABRANCHIAE; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 84863765463     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME11252     Document Type: Article

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