Blood meal sources and sporozoite rates of Anophelines in Gilgel-Gibe dam area, Southwestern Ethiopia
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1Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Jimma University, Jimma, Ethiopia. 2Biotechnology Institute, Addis Ababa University. P.O. Box 1176 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 3Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Addis Ababa University, P.O. box 1176 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 4Department of Biomedical Science, Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia. 5Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, P. O. Box G-L168 185 Meeting Street Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.
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• Authors focus on An. arabiensis as the major malaria vector in the area. However, no data is provided regarding other potential malaria vectors that could play an important role on malaria transmission at the Gilgel-Gibe dam site, as An. funestus and An. nili species complex. Were these species collected during the two years entomological survey at all? In the conclusions, it is stated that t...
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تاریخ انتشار 2014