Malaria control in a forest fringe area of Assam, India: A pilot study

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 327-332

  Dutta, P ^a   Khan, A M ^a   Khan, S A ^a   Borah, J ^a   Sharma, C K ^a   Mahanta, J ^a  

^a REGIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Disease vectors; India; Insect repellent; Insecticide treated mosquito nets; Malaria

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BED NET; DISEASE CARRIER; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOREST; HEALTH PROGRAM; INDIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL INFORMATION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREES;

ANOPHELES DIRUS; ANOPHELES MINIMUS; ANOPHELES PHILIPPINENSIS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79956085986     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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