The importance of drains for the larval development of lymphatic filariasis and malaria vectors in dares salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Castro, Marcia C ^a   Kanamori, Shogo ^b   Kannady, Khadija ^c   Mkude, Sigsbert ^d   Killeen, Gerry F ^e,f   Fillinger, Ulrike ^g  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c DAR ES SALAAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Tanzania)

^d National AIDS Control Program   (Tanzania)

^e IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CULEX; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND DRAINAGE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TANZANIA; VECTOR CONTROL; VEGETATION; WATER FLOW; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CULEX; ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER BIOLOGY; HUMANS; LARVA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; TANZANIA;

EID: 77955300235     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000693     Document Type: Article

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