Mosquito ecology and control of malaria

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-25

  Godfray, H Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Homing endonuclease; Malaria; Medea; Mosquito; Vector ecology

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALARIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 84872599429     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12003     Document Type: Article

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