Journal of
Parasitology and Vector Biology

  • Abbreviation: J. Parasitol. Vector Biol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2510
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPVB
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 202

Full Length Research Paper

Distribution and characterization of anopheline larval habitats in flooded areas of the Dakar suburbs (Senegal)

Seynabou M Diédhiou
  • Seynabou M Diédhiou
  • Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Laboratoire d’Ecologie Vectorielle et Parasitaire, Dakar, Sénégal.
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El hadji A. Niang
  • El hadji A. Niang
  • Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Laboratoire d’Ecologie Vectorielle et Parasitaire, Dakar, Sénégal.
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Souleymane Doucoure
  • Souleymane Doucoure
  • Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Émergentes, UMR198, UM63, CNRS7278, INSERMU1095, Aix-Marseille Université, Campus UCAD-IRD, BP 1386, CP 18524 Dakar, Sénégal.
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Badara Samb
  • Badara Samb
  • Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Laboratoire d’Ecologie Vectorielle et Parasitaire, Dakar, Sénégal.
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Abdoulaye Konaté
  • Abdoulaye Konaté
  • Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Laboratoire d’Ecologie Vectorielle et Parasitaire, Dakar, Sénégal.
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Sadio Cissokho
  • Sadio Cissokho
  • Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Laboratoire d’Ecologie Vectorielle et Parasitaire, Dakar, Sénégal.
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Assane Ndiaye
  • Assane Ndiaye
  • Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Laboratoire d’Ecologie Vectorielle et Parasitaire, Dakar, Sénégal.
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Amélé N Wotodjo
  • Amélé N Wotodjo
  • Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Émergentes, UMR198, UM63, CNRS7278, INSERMU1095, Aix-Marseille Université, Campus UCAD-IRD, BP 1386, CP 18524 Dakar, Sénégal.
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Gilles Chauvancy
  • Gilles Chauvancy
  • Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Émergentes, UMR198, UM63, CNRS7278, INSERMU1095, Aix-Marseille Université, Campus UCAD-IRD, BP 1386, CP 18524 Dakar, Sénégal.
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Libasse Gadiaga
  • Libasse Gadiaga
  • Programme National de lutte contre le paludisme – Sénégal.
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Ellen Dotson
  • Ellen Dotson
  • CDC /PMI, Atlanta – USA.
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Julie Thwing
  • Julie Thwing
  • CDC /PMI, Atlanta – USA.
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Lassana Konaté
  • Lassana Konaté
  • Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Laboratoire d’Ecologie Vectorielle et Parasitaire, Dakar, Sénégal.
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Cheikh Sokhna
  • Cheikh Sokhna
  • Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Émergentes, UMR198, UM63, CNRS7278, INSERMU1095, Aix-Marseille Université, Campus UCAD-IRD, BP 1386, CP 18524 Dakar, Sénégal.
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Ousmane Faye
  • Ousmane Faye
  • Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques/ Laboratoire d’Ecologie Vectorielle et Parasitaire, Dakar, Sénégal.
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  •  Received: 24 March 2016
  •  Accepted: 31 May 2016
  •  Published: 31 July 2016

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