Routine implementation costs of larviciding with Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis against malaria vectors in a district in rural Burkina Faso

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Dambach, Peter ^a   Schleicher, Michael ^a   Stahl, Hans Christian ^a   Traoré, Issouf ^b   Becker, Norbert ^a,c   Kaiser, Achim ^c   Sié, Ali ^b   Sauerborn, Rainer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

^c German Mosquito Control Association (KABS)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis; Burkina Faso; Cost analysis; Larval source management; Malaria; Vector control; West Africa

Indexed keywords

LARVICIDAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BURKINA FASO; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LARVAL SOURCE MANAGEMENT; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; REMOTE SENSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VECTOR CONTROL; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BURKINA FASO; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84979520544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-016-1438-8     Document Type: Article

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