The effect of dams and seasons on malaria incidence and anopheles abundance in Ethiopia

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yewhalaw, Delenasaw ^a   Getachew, Yehenew ^a,b   Tushune, Kora ^a   Michael, Kifle W ^a   Kassahun, Wondwossen ^a   Duchateau, Luc ^b   Speybroeck, Niko ^c  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dam; Ethiopia; Malaria incidence; Mosquito; P. falciparum; Season

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROPOWER DAM; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POWER PLANTS; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; SEASONS;

EID: 84878514145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-161     Document Type: Article

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