Larval habitats and biodiversity of anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in a malarious area of southern Iran

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-100

  Hanafi Bojd, A A ^a   Vatandoost, H ^a   Oshaghi, M A ^a   Charrahy, Z ^b   Haghdoost, A A ^c   Sedaghat, M M ^a   Abedi, F ^d   Soltani, M ^e   Raeisi, A ^a,f  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^f MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Ecology; Iran; Larval habitats

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES APOCI; ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES DTHALI; ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS; ANOPHELES MOGHULENSIS; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ANOPHELES SUPERPICTUS; ANOPHELES TURKHUDI; AQUATIC FAUNA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; IRAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LARVAL STAGE; MARSH; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; RIVERBED; RIVERSIDE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREAM (RIVER); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER LEAKAGE; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALARIA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864383790     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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