| inland valley swamp rice development: malaria, schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis in south central sierra leone. | the prevalence of malaria, schistosomiasis and onchocerciasis was determined in 1,106 residents of five villages in the moyamba district, southern sierra leone, to determine whether inland valley swamp (ivs) development was associated with changes in the prevalence of malaria, schistosomiasis and onchocerciasis in these villages. these parasitic diseases were studied in four villages receiving ivs, food and agricultural organization (fao) assistance and in one village not receiving fao assistanc ... | 1994 | 8183970 |
| vectorial capacity and entomological inoculation rates of anopheles gambiae in a high rainfall forested area of southern sierra leone. | we report the first study of gonotrophic cycle duration, survival rates, pre-gravid rates, vectorial capacity and chromosomal polymorphism of anopheles gambiae s.s. in sierra leone. in the village of bayama in the southern province, an. gambiae was the only species found to be naturally infected with plasmodium falciparum and it constituted 99.7% of 22,541 anopheline mosquitoes caught. chromosomal studies revealed only an. gambiae s.s. out of 66 females examined for chromosomal polymorphism, 61 ... | 1995 | 8533019 |