Malaria entomological risk factors in relation to land cover in the Lower Caura River Basin, Venezuela

Malaria entomological risk factors in relation to land cover in the Lower Caura River Basin, Venezuela

To explore the effects of deforestation and resulting differences in vegetation and land cover on entomological parameters, such as anopheline species composition, abundance, biting rate, parity and entomological inoculation rate (EIR), three villages were selected in the Lower Caura River Basin, st...

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Main Authors: Yasmin Rubio-Palis, Mariapia Bevilacqua, Domingo Alberto Medina, Jorge Ernesto Moreno, Lya Cárdenas, Víctor Sánchez, Yarys Estrada, William Anaya, Ángela Martínez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2013-04-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
deforestation
Anopheles darlingi
entomological inoculation rate
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