Malaria transmission in the vicinity of impounded water: Evidence from the Koka reservoir, Ethiopia

IWMI Research Report

Volumn 2009, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Kibret, Solomon ^a   McCartney, Matthew ^b   Lautze, Jonathan ^c   Jayasinghe, Gayathree ^d  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Researcher specializing in hydrology and water resource management   (Ethiopia)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^d East Africa and Nile Basin Office of IWMI   (Ethiopia)

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