Role of species composition in malaria transmission by the Anopheles funestus group (Diptera: Culicidae) in Ghana

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-110

  Dadzie, Samuel K ^a   Brenyah, Ruth ^b   Appawu, Maxwell A ^a  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Anopheles funestus; Ecology; Ghana; Malaria; Mosquitoes; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GHANA; HUMAN; MALARIA; PHYSIOLOGY; SPOROZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; GHANA; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; SPOROZOITES;

EID: 84878217694     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: 19487134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1948-7134.2013.12015.x     Document Type: Article

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