Strong association between house characteristics and malaria vectors in Sri Lanka

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-181

  Konradsen, Flemming ^a   Amerasinghe, Priyanie ^a   Van Der Hoek, Wim ^a   Amerasinghe, Felix ^a   Perera, Devika ^a   Piyaratne, Maldeniya ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; RISK FACTOR; SRI LANKA; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; MOSQUITO; SEASON;

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ENVIRONMENT; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 0037316016     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.177     Document Type: Article

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