The impact of a small-scale irrigation scheme on malaria transmission in Ziway area, Central Ethiopia

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-50

  Kibret, Solomon ^a   Alemu, Yihenew ^a   Boelee, Eline ^b   Tekie, Habte ^a   Alemu, Dawit ^c   Petros, Beyene ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^c ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

An. arabiensis; An. pharoensis; Ethiopia; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Small scale irrigation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; DRY SEASON; ENTOMOLOGY; IMMUNOASSAY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; IRRIGATION; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; SAMPLING; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; WET SEASON;

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES PHAROENSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BREEDING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERVIEW; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LARVA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOROZOITE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECOSYSTEM; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEASONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WATER SUPPLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ETHIOPIA;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES PHAROENSIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 72349088098     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02423.x     Document Type: Article

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