The use of permethrin-impregnated bednets for malaria control in coastal Tanzania: Preliminary entomological impact on vectors

African Entomology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-242

  Temu, E A ^a,b   Minjas, J N ^b   Premji, Z ^b   Hunt, R H ^a   Shiff, C J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae s.l, An. funestus; Bednets; Inoculation rates; Malaria; Permethrin; Sporozoite; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BED NET; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MALARIA; PERMETHRIN; TANZANIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033494745     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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