Malaria vectors in the changing environment of the southern Punjab, Pakistan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 442-449

  Klinkenberg, Eveline ^a,b,d   Konradsen, Flemming ^b,c   Herrel, Nathaly ^a   Mukhtar, Muhammad ^a   van der Hoek, Wim ^b   Amerasinghe, Felix P ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Pakistan)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d IWMI   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Anopheles culicifacies; Anopheles stephensi; Irrigation; Malaria; Pakistan; Salinization

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EPIDEMIC; GOVERNMENT; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM; SALT TOLERANCE; SOIL CHANGE; SPECIES ENDEMICITY; WATER ANALYSIS; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; LINEAR MODELS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PAKISTAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; WATER SUPPLY;

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI;

EID: 3242699036     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2003.11.007     Document Type: Article

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