Combating malaria vectors in Africa: Current directions of research

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 283-286

  Hougard, Jean Marc ^a   Fontenille, Didier ^a   Chandre, Fabrice ^b   Darriet, Frédéric ^a   Carnevale, Pierre ^a   Guillet, Pierre ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b Centre Pierre Richet   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AFRICA; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES NILI; BED NET; CHILD DEATH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; REVIEW; VECTOR CONTROL;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM;

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ANOPHELES NILI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036629916     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4922(02)02291-2     Document Type: Review

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