Field study site selection, species abundance and monthly distribution of anopheline mosquitoes in the northern Kruger National Park, South Africa

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Munhenga, Givemore ^a,b   Brooke, Basil D ^a,b   Spillings, Belinda ^a,b   Essop, Leyya ^a,b   Hunt, Richard H ^a,b   Midzi, Stephen ^c   Govender, Danny ^d,e   Braack, Leo ^f   Koekemoer, Lizette L ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNICABLE DISEASES   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Kruger National Park; Malaria vector control; South Africa; Sterile insect technique

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BIODIVERSITY; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; WEATHER;

EID: 84892716727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-27     Document Type: Article

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