Risk factors for malaria: A microepidemiological study in a village in Sri Lanka

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-269

  Van Der Hoek, W ^a   Konradsen, F ^a   Dijkstra, D S ^a,b   Amerasinghe, P H ^c   Amerasinghe, F P ^c  

^a Intl Irrigat Mgmt Inst Hq   (Sri Lanka)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Anopheles culicifacies; Epidemiology; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax; Risk factors; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PYRETHRUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SRI LANKA;

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PROTOZOA; TANACETUM CINERARIIFOLIUM;

EID: 0031805442     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(98)91003-3     Document Type: Article

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