Relationship Between Altitude and Intensity of Malaria Transmission in the Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 706-717

  Bodker R ^a,b   Akida, J ^c   Shayo, D ^a   Kisinza, W ^c   Msangeni, H A ^c   Pedersen, E M ^a   Lindsay, S W ^a,d  

^a DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles spp.; Highland malaria; Malaria transmission; Tanzania; Vectorial capacity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 0242660918     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.5.706     Document Type: Article

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