Distribution and density of tsetse flies (glossinidae: Diptera) at the game/people/livestock interface of the nkhotakota game reserve human sleeping sickness focus in malawi

EcoHealth

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 260-265

  Gondwe, Nkwachi ^a   Marcotty, Tanguy ^b   Vanwambeke, Sophie O ^d   Pus, Claudia De ^b   Mulumba, Misheck ^a   Van Den Bossche, Peter ^b,c  

^a Ctr for Ticks and Tick borne Dis   (Malawi)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Control; Interface; Trypanosomiasis; Tsetse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALAWI; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL POPULATION; TSETSE FLY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALAWI; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; TSETSE FLIES;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; GLOSSINA (GENUS); GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS MORSITANS; GLOSSINIDAE;

EID: 77951022988     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-009-0252-y     Document Type: Article

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