Linking deforestation to malaria in the Amazon: characterization of the breeding habitat of the principal malaria vector, Anopheles darlingi.

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Published in Am J Trop Med Hyg on July 01, 2009

Authors

Amy Y Vittor1, William Pan, Robert H Gilman, James Tielsch, Gregory Glass, Tim Shields, Wagner Sánchez-Lozano, Viviana V Pinedo, Erit Salas-Cobos, Silvia Flores, Jonathan A Patz

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

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