Malaria entomological inoculation rates in gold mining areas of Southern Venezuela

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 764-768

  Moreno, Jorge E ^a,b   Rubio Palis, Yasmín ^c,d   Páez, Elisa ^e   Pérez, Enrique ^c   Sánchez, Víctor ^a   Vaccari, Elena ^c  

^a S A Instituto de Altos Estudios Dr Arnoldo Gabaldon   (Venezuela)

^b Centro de Investigaciones de Campo Dr Francesco Vitanza   (Venezuela)

^c Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Salud   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE CARABOBO   (Venezuela)

^e Servicio de Vigilancia Epidemiológica Sanitario Ambiental del Estado Bolívar   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Man biting rate sporozoite rate entomological inoculation rate Anopheles Plasmodium Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES DARLINGI; ANOPHELES MARAJOARA; ANOPHELES NEOMACULIPALPUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 70349690180     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762009000500017     Document Type: Article

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