Development of a Gravid Trap for Collecting Live Malaria Vectors Anopheles gambiae s.l

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Dugassa, Sisay ^a,b   Lindh, Jenny M ^c   Oyieke, Florence ^b   Mukabana, Wolfgang R ^a,b   Lindsay, Steven W ^d   Fillinger, Ulrike ^a,e  

^a International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology ^*  (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TRAPPING; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; POND; RAINY SEASON; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OVIPOSITION;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 84879810837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068948     Document Type: Article

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