Larval habitats of mosquito fauna in Osogbo metropolis, Southwestern Nigeria
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Larval habitats of mosquito fauna in Osogbo metropolis, Southwestern Nigeria.
OBJECTIVE To determine the larval habitats of mosquito fauna and possible impact of land use/ land cover changes on the epidemiology of mosquito-borne diseases in Osogbo metropolis, Southwestern, Nigeria. METHODS All accessible larval habitats were surveyed between May and September, 2011 in Osogbo metropolis while Land Use/ Land cover of the city was analyzed using 2 Lansat Multispectral Sca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2221-1691
DOI: 10.1016/s2221-1691(13)60137-9