Can water-level management reduce malaria mosquito abundance around large dams in sub-Saharan Africa?

Water level management has been suggested as a potential tool to reduce malaria around large reservoirs. However, no field-based test has been conducted to assess the effect of water level management on mosquito larval abundance in African settings. The objective of the present study is to evaluate...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2018-04, Vol.13 (4), p.e0196064-e0196064
Hauptverfasser:	Kibret, Solomon, Wilson, G Glenn, Ryder, Darren, Tekie, Habte, Petros, Beyene
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Abundance Africa South of the Sahara - epidemiology Analysis Animals Anopheles Aquatic insects Biology and Life Sciences Breeding Culicidae Dam construction Dam stability Dams Density Disease Reservoirs Disease transmission Drawdown Dry season Earth Sciences Ecosystem biology Ecosystems Engineering and Technology Health risks Human populations Humans Insecticides Larva Larvae Malaria Malaria - prevention & control Malaria - transmission Management Medicine and Health Sciences Methods Mosquito Control Mosquito Vectors Mosquitoes People and Places Physical Sciences Research and Analysis Methods Reservoirs Resource management Risk factors Risk management Sanitation Seasons Shorelines Singers Variance analysis Vector-borne diseases Vectors Water Water levels Water resource management Water resources Water resources management Water treatment
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