Impact of untreated bednets on prevalence of Wuchereria bancrofti transmitted by Anopheles farauti in Papua New Guinea

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 116-119

  Bockarie, Moses J ^a   Tavul, L ^b   Kastens, W ^b   Michael, E ^c   Kazura, J W ^d  

^a Department of Tropical Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

An. punctulatus; Anopheles farauti; Bednets; Culex annulirostris; Cx. quinquefasciatus; Filariasis control; Filariasis vectors; Malaria; P. vivax; Papua New Guinea; Personal protection; Plasmodium falciparum; Vector control; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BED; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELEPHANTIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEDDING AND LINENS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PREVALENCE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; FILARIASIS; MALARIA;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

ANOPHELES FARAUTI; ANOPHELES PUNCTULATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; NEMATODA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 0036010099     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-283x.2002.00352.x     Document Type: Article

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