Larvivorous fish for preventing malaria transmission

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Walshe, Deirdre P ^a   Garner, Paul ^a   Adeel, Ahmed A ^b   Pyke, Graham H ^c,d   Burkot, Thomas R ^e  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Independent consultant   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARVICIDAL AGENT; WATER;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; HABITAT; LARVA; LARVIVORE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAJIKISTAN; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PARASITOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; LARVA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLASMODIUM; POPULATION DENSITY; WATER;

EID: 85037697885     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008090.pub3     Document Type: Review

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