Household pit latrines as a potential source of the fly Musca sorbens - A one year longitudinal study from the Gambia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 706-709

  Emerson, Paul M ^a,d   Simms, Victoria M ^a   Makalo, Pateh ^b   Bailey, Robin L ^b,c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

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

^d CARTER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chrysomya albiceps; Domestic flies; Hygiene; Musca domestica; Musca sorbens; Pit latrines; The gambia; Toilet facilities; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

DISEASE VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CHRYSOMYA ALBICEPS; CHRYSOMYA REGALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLY; GAMBIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSE FLY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MUSCA SORBENS; MUSCIDAE; NONHUMAN; TRACHOMA;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MUSCIDAE; TOILET FACILITIES; TRACHOMA;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GAMBIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA; WORLD;

CHRYSOMYA; CHRYSOMYA ALBICEPS; MUSCA DOMESTICA;

EID: 21644460815     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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