Assessment of risk factors associated with malaria transmission in Tubu Village, Northern Botswana

Malaria Research and Treatment

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chirebvu, Elijah ^a   Chimbari, Moses John ^b   Ngwenya, Barbara Ntombi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BED NET; BOTSWANA; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INCIDENCE; LATE OUTDOOR ACTIVITY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOSQUITO BITE; NONHUMAN; PARTICIPATORY RURAL APPRAISAL; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; VEGETATION;

EID: 84934943437     PISSN: 20908075     EISSN: 20444362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/403069     Document Type: Article

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