Importance of waste stabilization ponds and wastewater irrigation in the generation of vector mosquitoes in Pakistan

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 996-1003

  Mukhtar, Muhammad ^a   Ensink, Jeroen ^b,c   Van Der Hoek, Wim ^d   Amerasinghe, Felix Prashantha ^d   Konradsen, Flemming ^d,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Pakistan)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (India)

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

^d INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Mosquito production; Pakistan; Ponds; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULEX; DISEASE CARRIER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PAKISTAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEWAGE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; LOGISTIC MODELS; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ANOPHELES SUBPICTUS; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULEX TRITAENIORHYNCHUS;

EID: 33750963698     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2006)43[996:IOWSPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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