Entomological characteristics of malaria transmission in Manhiça, a rural area in southern Mozambique

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 180-186

  Aranda, C ^a,b   Aponte, J J ^a,c   Saute, F ^a   Casimiro, S ^a,d   Pinto, J ^a,e   Sousa, C ^a,e   Do Rosario, V ^a,e   Petrarca, V ^a,f   Dgedge, M ^a   Alonso, P ^a,c  

^a Instituto Nacional de Saúde   (Mozambique)

^b Servei de Control de Mosquits   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^d Direcção Nacional de Saude Publica   (Mozambique)

^e Ctro Malaria Outras Doencas T   (Portugal)

^f SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anopheles; CDC light traps; EIR; Malaria; Mozambique

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES MERUS; ANOPHELINAE; CULICIDAE; CULICINAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 20144389248     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/42.2.180     Document Type: Article

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