Seasonal Malaria Transmission and Variation of Anopheline Density in Two Distinct Endemic Areas in Brazilian Amazônia

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 636-641

  Soares Gil, Luís H ^a   Alves, Fabiana P ^b   Zieler, Helge ^a   Salcedo, Juan M V ^a   Durlacher, Rui R ^a   Cunha, Roberto P A ^a   Tada, Mauro S ^a   Camargo, Luiz M A ^b   Camargo, Erney P ^b   Pereira Da Silva, Luiz H ^a  

^a Ctro de Pesquisa em Med Tropical   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon Region; Anopheles; Malaria; Plasmodium; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES DARLINGI; RONDONIA;

EID: 0242576902     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.5.636     Document Type: Article

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