Malaria Vectors in the Municipality of Serra do Navio, State of Amapá, Amazon Region, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 179-184

  Povoa M M ^d   Wirtz, R A ^a,b   Lacerda, R N L ^d   Miles, M A ^c   Warhurst, D ^c  

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

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Brazil; Malaria vector; Mosquito; Plasmodium

Indexed keywords

ALBITARSIS; ANOPHELES ALBITARSIS; COLONIA; OSWALDOI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BRAZIL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM; SEASONS;

EID: 0035257540     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000200008     Document Type: Article

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