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Low and seasonal malaria transmission in the middle Senegal River basin: identification and characteristics of Anopheles vectors.
Parasites & vectors - 23 Jan 2012
Ndiath Mamadou O, Sarr Jean-Biram, Gaayeb Lobna, Mazenot Catherine, Sougoufara Seynabou, Konate Lassana, Remoue Franck, Hermann Emmanuel, Trape Jean-Francois, Riveau Gilles, Sokhna Cheikh
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BACKGROUND: During the last decades two dams were constructed along the Senegal River. These intensified the practice of agriculture along the river valley basin. We conducted a study to assess malaria vector diversity, dynamics and malaria transmission in the area. METHODS: A cross-sectional entomological study was performed in September 2008 in 20 villages of the middle Senegal River valley to evaluate the...
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