Irrigated crop production is associated with less malaria than traditional agricultural practices in Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 476-480

  Ijumba, J N ^a,b   Shenton, F C ^b   Clarke, S E ^b   Mosha, F W ^a   Lindsay, S W ^b,c  

^a TROPICAL PESTICIDES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Falciparum; Irrigation; Malaria; Plasmodium; Prevalence; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; INSECTICIDE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

AFRICA; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ARTICLE; BED NET; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MAIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTECTION; RICE; SUGARCANE; TANZANIA; VECTOR CONTROL;

ARACHNIDA; ARUNDINARIA; HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 18744393365     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90408-6     Document Type: Article

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