Entomological surveys of malaria in Khammouane Province, Lao PDR, in 1999 and 2000

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 532-546

  Toma, Takako ^a   Miyagi, Ichiro ^a   Okazawa, Takao ^b   Kobayashi, Jun ^a,c   Saita, Susumu ^a   Tuzuki, Ataru ^a,c   Keomanila, Hongkham ^c   Nambanya, Simone ^c   Phompida, Samlane ^c   Uza, Miyoko ^a   Takakura, Minoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ministry of Health   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LAOS; MALARIA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN SPORE; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LAOS; MALARIA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 0038826787     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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