Anopheles gambiae and Anopheles arabiensis population densities and infectivity in Kopere village, Western Kenya

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 637-643

  Obala, Andrew A ^a,b   Kutima, Helen L ^b   Nyamogoba, Henry D N ^a   Mwangi, Anne W ^c   Simiyu, Chrispinus J ^c   Magak, Gideon N ^a   Khwa Otsyula, Barasa O ^a   Ouma, John H ^d  

^a MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b JOMO KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

^c ACADEMIC MODEL PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AMPATH   (Kenya)

^d Institute of Tropical Medicine and Infectious Diseases   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Climate; Infectivity; Malaria; Transmission

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BED NET; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMIDITY; INFECTION; INOCULATION; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PYRETHRUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPOROZOITE; ZOOLOGY;

EID: 84869048673     PISSN: 19722680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1979     Document Type: Article

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