Ecology of Anopheles darlingi, the Primary Malaria Vector in the Americas and Current Nongenetic Methods of Vector Control

Genetic Control of Malaria and Dengue

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 81-102

  Conn, Jan E ^a,b   Ribolla, Paulo E ^c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anopheles albimanus; Anopheles darlingi; Behavior; Ecology; Laboratory colonization; Malaria; Plasmodium; Vector control

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974670201     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800246-9.00005-3     Document Type: Chapter

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