Monitoring of larval habitats and mosquito densities in the Sudan savanna of Mali: Implications for malaria vector control

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-88

  Sogoba, Nafomon ^b,c   Doumbia, Seydou ^b   Vounatsou, Penelope ^d   Baber, Ibrahima ^b   Keita, Moussa ^b   Maiga, Mamoudou ^b   Traoré, Sékou F ^b   Touré, Abdoulaye ^b   Dolo, Guimogo ^b   Smith, Thomas ^c   Ribeiro, José M C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENSITY; FISHING; HABITAT; LARVA; MALARIA; MALI; MONITORING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; RIVER; SAVANNA; SEASON; SUDAN; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT VECTORS; LARVA; MALARIA; MALI; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34548792272     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.82     Document Type: Article

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