The physicochemical and environmental factors affecting the distribution of Anopheles merus along the Kenyan coast

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Kipyab, Pamela C ^a,b,c   Khaemba, Battan M ^c   Mwangangi, Joseph M ^a,b   Mbogo, Charles M ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

An; An. merus; Breeding habitats; Environmental parameters; gambiae; Physicochemical parameters

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; RIBOSOME DNA;

ALGA; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MERUS; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANOPY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; KENYA; LARVA; MANGROVE; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POND; SALINITY; SEASHORE; SPECIES HABITAT; SWAMP; TURBIDITY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ZOOLOGY;

ALGAE; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES MERUS;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENTOMOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84927713861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-015-0819-0     Document Type: Article

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