Malaria control and senescence: The importance of accounting for the pace and shape of aging in wild mosquitoes

Ecosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Ryan, Sadie J ^a,b,c   Ben Horin, Tal ^d,e   Johnson, Leah R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Biodemography; Malaria; Senescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942567803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES15-00094.1     Document Type: Article

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