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Deforestation and Vectorial Capacity of Anopheles gambiae Giles Mosquitoes in Malaria Transmission, Kenya

We investigated the effects of deforestation on microclimates and sporogonic development of Plasmodium falciparum parasites in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes in an area of the western Kenyan highland prone to malaria epidemics. An. gambiae mosquitoes were fed with P. falciparum–infected blood through...

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Autores principales: Afrane, Yaw A., Little, Tom J., Lawson, Bernard W., Githeko, Andrew K., Yan, Guiyun
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2573462/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18826815
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1410.070781