Attractiveness of pregnant women to the malaria vector, Anopheles arabiensis, in Sudan

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 631-633

  Himeidan, Y E ^a   Elbashir, M I ^b   Adam, I ^c  

^a University of Kassala   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^c New Halfa Teaching Hospital   (Sudan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSECT BITE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANT WOMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUDAN;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; SUDAN;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; INSECTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 4544233301     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/000349804225021307     Document Type: Article

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