Environmental variables associated with immature stage habitats of Culicidae collected in aboriginal villages in Pahang, Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1387-1399

  Ali, Wan Najdah Wan Mohamad ^a   Ahmad, Rohani ^a   Nor, Zurainee Mohamed ^b   Ismail, Zamree ^a   Ibrahim, Mohd Noor ^a   Hadi, Azahari Abdul ^a   Hassan, Rahimi ^c   Lim, Lee Han ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c Pejabat Kesihatan Daerah Kuala Lipis ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Breeding habitat; Distribution; Environmental variables; Malaysia; Mosquito larvae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873047473     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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