Urban and suburban malaria in Rondônia (Brazilian Western Amazon) II. Perennial transmissions with high anopheline densities are associated with human environmental changes

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 271-276

  Gil, Luiz Herman Soares ^a   Tada, Mauro Shugiro ^a,b   Katsuragawa, Tony Hiroshi ^b   Ribolla, Paulo Eduardo Martins ^c   Da Silva, Luiz Hildebrando Pereira ^a,b  

^a Instituto de Pesquisa em Patologias Tropicais   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Pesquisa em Medicina Tropical   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anopheline; Brazilian Amazon; Urban malaria

Indexed keywords

CANDELARIA;

EID: 34249893693     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762007005000013     Document Type: Article

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