Transmission and control of vivax malaria in Afghan refugee settlements in Pakistan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 252-255

  Rowland, Mark ^a   Hewitt, Sean ^a   Durrani, Naeem ^a   Bano, Naveeda ^b   Wirtz, Robert ^c  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b United Nations High Commission for Refugees   (Pakistan)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles spp.; Biting rate; Control; Lambdacyhalothrin; Malaria; Malathion; Pakistan; Plasmodium vivax; Refugees; Sporozoite rate

Indexed keywords

CYHALOTHRIN; INSECTICIDE; MALATHION;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PAKISTAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; REFUGEE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPOROZOITE;

PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0030981443     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(97)90065-1     Document Type: Article

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