Variation in malaria transmission intensity in seven sites throughout Uganda

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-225

  Okello, Paul Edward ^a   Van Bortel, Win ^b   Byaruhanga, Anatol Maranda ^c   Correwyn, Anne ^b   Roelants, Patricia ^b   Talisuna, Ambrose ^d   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^b   Coosemans, Marc ^a,b  

^a Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine ^*  (Uganda)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c School of Medical Entomology and Parasitology   (Uganda)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BED NET; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; UGANDA; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; INFANT; INSECT BITE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RAIN;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RAIN; UGANDA;

EID: 33748756056     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2006.75.219     Document Type: Article

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