Estimation of malaria transmission from humans to mosquitoes in two neighbouring villages in south Cameroon: Evaluation and comparison of several indices

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-59

  Bonnet, S ^a,b   Gouagna, L C ^a,d   Paul, R E ^c   Safeukui, I ^a,d   Meunier, J Y ^a   Boudin, C ^a  

^a OCEAC   (Cameroon)

^b Unite d'Ecologie Systemes Vectoriels   (France)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Epidemiology; Immunity; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAMEROON; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037622745     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90022-8     Document Type: Article

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