Building small dams can decrease malaria: A comparative study from Sundargarh District, Orissa, India

Acta Tropica

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-178

  Sharma, Surya K ^a   Tyagi, Prajesh K ^a   Upadhyay, Ashok K ^a   Haque, Mohammed A ^a   Adak, Tridibes ^b   Dash, Aditya P ^b  

^a National Institute of Malaria Research (NIMR)   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MALARIA RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles fluviatilis; Dams; Incidence and prevalence; India; Malaria; Orissa; Slow flowing streams

Indexed keywords

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MALARIA; PROVENANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; VILLAGE;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BREEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RIVERS; RURAL POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA; SUNDARGARH;

ANOPHELES CULICIFACIES; ANOPHELES FLUVIATILIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 47549116527     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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