Larvivorous fish for malaria prevention

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Burkot, Tom ^a   Abdel Hameed Adeel, Ahmed A ^b   Pyke, Graham H ^c   Beach, Raymond ^a   Wirtz, Robert A ^a   Garner, Paul ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; FISH; HUMAN; LARVIVOROUS FISH; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MICROSCOPY; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; VECTOR CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77950130770     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008090     Document Type: Review

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