Malaria situation in forest-fringed villages of Sonitpur district (Assam), India bordering Arunachal Pradesh during an outbreak

Journal of Vector Borne Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-218

  Das, N G ^a   Talukdar, P K ^a   Kalita, J ^b   Baruah, I ^c   Sribastava, R B ^c  

^a Defence R D Organization   (India)

^b GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Entomological epidemiological investigations; Forest fringed villages; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDIA; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOSQUITO; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34548432973     PISSN: 09729062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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