Effect of deforestation and land use changes on mosquito productivity and development in western Kenya highlands: Implication for malaria Risk
Background: African highlands were known to be free of malaria for the past fifty years. However, the ever growing human population in the highlands of Africa have led to the deforestation and land coverage changes to create space for more land for cultivation, grazing and house construction materia...
Main Authors: | Eliningaya Kweka, Epiphania Edwin Kimaro, Stephen Munga |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2016-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00238/full |
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