Characterization of an indoor-resting population of anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) and the implications on malaria transmission in Tubu village in Okavango Subdistrict, Botswana

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 569-576

  Chirebvu, E ^a   Chimbari, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bloodmeal source; Human blood index; Human biting rate; Sporozoite rate; Vector density

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BOTSWANA; BOVINE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTOR; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; TRANSMISSION; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BOTSWANA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLASMODIUM; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS;

EID: 85007406776     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: 19382928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jme/tjw024     Document Type: Article

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