Vectors and malaria transmission in a gem mining area in Sri Lanka

Journal of Vector Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 264-276

  Yapabandara, A M G M ^a,b   Curtis, C F ^a,b  

^a Regional Office   (Sri Lanka)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

An. subpictus; An. varuna; Anopheles culicifacies; Gem pits; Malaria; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MINING; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MINING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PREVALENCE; SRI LANKA;

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; BOS TAURUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; TANACETUM CINERARIIFOLIUM; VARUNA;

EID: 14744300860     PISSN: 10811710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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