Spatial distribution modeling of Stegomyia aegypti and Culex tritaeniorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Al-Bahah Province, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 295-310

  Naeem, M ^a   Alahmed, A M ^a   Kheir, S M ^a   Sallam, M F ^b,c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

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EID: 84978884463     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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