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The Importance of Drains for the Larval Development of Lymphatic Filariasis and Malaria Vectors in Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Dar es Salaam has an extensive drain network, mostly with inadequate water flow, blocked by waste, causing flooding after rainfall. The presence of Anopheles and Culex larvae is common, which is likely to impact the transmission of lymphatic filariasis and malaria by the resulting adult...

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Autores principales: Castro, Marcia C., Kanamori, Shogo, Kannady, Khadija, Mkude, Sigsbert, Killeen, Gerry F., Fillinger, Ulrike
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2876116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20520797
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000693