Effect of swamp cultivation on distribution of anopheline larval habitats in Western Kenya

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 61-71

  Omukunda, Elizabeth ^a,b,c   Githeko, Andrew ^a   Ndong'a, Millicent F ^b   Mushinzimana, Emmanuel ^a,d   Yan, Guiyun ^d  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitats; Land use change; Malaria vector

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES COUSTANI; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MARSHALLII; ANOPHELINE LARVA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SEASON; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HABITAT STRUCTURE; KENYA; LAND USE; LARVA; LARVAL STAGE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; RAINY SEASON; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWAMP; TILLAGE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ECOSYSTEM; HUMANS; KENYA; LARVA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEASONS; WETLANDS;

EID: 84864383498     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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