The paddy, the vector and the caregiver: Lessons from an ecosystem approach to irrigation and malaria in Northern Côte d'Ivoire

Acta Tropica

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-146

  De Plaen, Renaud ^a   Seka, Marie Louise ^b   Koutoua, Amalaman ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ FÉLIX HOUPHOUËT BOIGNY   (Côte d’Ivoire)

Author keywords

C te d'Ivoire; Farming systems; Gender; Irrigation; Malaria

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; IRRIGATION; MALARIA; PADDY FARMING; RICE;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROP; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TILLAGE; VECTOR CONTROL; WATER SUPPLY; ZOOLOGY;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 0346096585     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2003.09.018     Document Type: Article

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