Evaluation of the influence of electric nets on the behaviour of oviposition site seeking Anopheles gambiae s.s

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dugassa, Sisay ^a,b   Lindh, Jenny M ^c   Torr, Steve J ^d,e   Lindsay, Steven W ^f   Fillinger, Ulrike ^a,g  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^f DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Aquatic habitat; Electric net; Gravid trap; Oviposition behaviour; Sticky trap

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BED NET; EGG LAYING; ELECTRIC NET; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; POND; ANIMAL; ELECTRICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; ZOOLOGY;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; GLOSSINA (GENUS); HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRICITY; ENTOMOLOGY; FEMALE; OVIPOSITION;

EID: 84902708816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-7-272     Document Type: Article

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