Evaluation of gravid traps for the collection of Culex quinquefasciatus, a vector of lymphatic filariasis in Tanzania

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 15-22

  Irisha, Seth R ^a   Moorea, Sarah J ^b   Deruac, Yahya A ^c   Brucea, Jane ^a   Camerona, Mary M ^a  

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

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Culex quinquefasciatus; Gravid trap; Lymphatic filariasis; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TRAPPING; ARTICLE; CDC GRAVID TRAP; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CULEX QUINQUEFASCIATUS; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; FROMMER UPDRAFT GRAVID TRAP; GRAVID TRAP; HARRIS COUNTY GRAVID TRAP; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHLEBOTOMUS; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REITER CUMMINGS GRAVID TRAP; TANZANIA; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; CULEX; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; POACEAE;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMALS; CULEX; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POACEAE; TANZANIA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878305612     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trs001     Document Type: Article

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