Malaria vector population dynamics in highland and lowland regions of western Kenya

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-92

  Omukunda, Elizabeth ^a,b,c   Githeko, Andrew ^a   Ndong'a, Millicent F ^a   Mushinzimana, Emmanuel ^a   Atieli, Harrison ^a   Wamae, Peter ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Anopheles funestus; Anopheles gambiae; Kenya; Malaria; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; RIBOSOME DNA;

AEROSOL; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HIGHLAND REGION CLIMATE; HUMIDITY; INDOOR CLIMATE; INOCULATION; KENYA; LOWLAND REGION CLIMATE; MALARIA; MICROCLIMATE; NONHUMAN; OUTDOOR CLIMATE; PLASMODIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PYRETHRUM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPOROZOITE; VECTOR CONTROL; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; KENYA; MALARIA; MICROCLIMATE; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WEATHER;

EID: 84879304554     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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