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Abundance patterns of Anopheles pseudopunctipennis and Anopheles argyritarsis in northwestern Argentina

Author(s): 
María Julia Dantur Juri, Guillermo Luis Claps, Mirta Santana, Mario Zaidenberg, Walter Ricardo Almirón
Reference: 
Acta Tropica, Volume 115, Issue 3, September 2010, Pages 234-241
Contact email: 
juliadantur@yahoo.com.ar

Anopheles pseudopunctipennis is an important malaria vector in Argentina but the role of Anopheles argyritarsis in the transmission of the parasite is still unknown. Abundance patterns of both species and their relationship to climatic variables were studied in the subtropical mountainous forest in northwestern Argentina.

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