A tool box for operational mosquito larval control: Preliminary results and early lessons from the Urban Malaria Control Programme in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Malaria Journal

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Fillinger, Ulrike ^a   Kannady, Khadija ^b   William, George ^b   Vanek, Michael J ^c   Dongus, Stefan ^c,d   Nyika, Dickson ^e,f   Geissbühler, Yvonne ^b,c,e   Chaki, Prosper P ^a,b,e   Govella, Nico J ^a,b,e   Mathenge, Evan M ^g   Singer, Burton H ^h   Mshinda, Hassan ^e   Lindsay, Steven W ^a   Tanner, Marcel ^c   Mtasiwa, Deo ^b   De Castro, Marcia C ⁱ   Killeen, Gerry F ^a,c,e  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government   (Tanzania)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^f Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security   (Tanzania)

^g KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARVICIDAL AGENT;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LARVAL STAGE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SPECIES HABITAT; TANZANIA; URBAN AREA; VOLUNTARY WORKER; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ECOSYSTEM; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; TANZANIA;

EID: 40149083281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-7-20     Document Type: Article

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