Identification of the vectors of lymphatic filariasis in the Lower Shire Valley, southern Malawi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-301

  Merelo Lobo, A R ^a   McCall, P J ^a   Perez, M A ^a   Spiers, A A ^a   Mzilahowa, T ^a,b   Ngwira, B ^a   Molyneux, D H ^a   Donnelly, M James ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Anopheles arabiensis; Anopheles funestus; Anopheles gambiae; Culex quinquefasciatus; Lymphatic filariasis; Malawi; Transmission; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FILARIASIS; MALAWI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALAWI;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; WUCHERERIA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 4444272295     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(03)90149-0     Document Type: Article

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