Relationships Between Body Size of Anopheles Mosquitoes and Plasmodium falciparum Sporozoite Rates Along the Kenya Coast

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2004

Original Publication

Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

390-394

Contributed by

American Mosquito Control Association

Notes

Author(s) - Joseph M. Mwangangi, Charles M. Mbogo, Joseph G. Nzovu, Ephantus W. Kabiru, Henry Mwambi, John I. Githure, John C. Beier

 

Abstract

The influence of body size of Anopheles gambiae s.s., Anopheles arabiensis, Anopheles merus,and Anopheles funestus on the transmission of Plaszodium falciparum was studied at 3 sites along the Kenyancoast. Adult mosquitoes were collected inside houses by pyrethrum spray collection (PSC) from April to...

Notes

Author(s) - Joseph M. Mwangangi, Charles M. Mbogo, Joseph G. Nzovu, Ephantus W. Kabiru, Henry Mwambi, John I. Githure, John C. Beier