Contribution of fish farming ponds to the production of immature Anopheles spp. in a malaria-endemic Amazonian town

• Published in: Malaria journal Vol. 14; no. 443; p. 452
• Main Authors: dos Reis, Izabel Cristina, Codeço, Cláudia Torres, Degener, Carolin Marlen, Keppeler, Erlei Cassiano, Muniz, Mauro Menezes, de Oliveira, Francisco Geovane Silva, Cortês, José Joaquin Carvajal, de Freitas Monteiro, Antônio, de Souza, Carlos Antônio Albano, Rodrigues, Fernanda Christina Morone, Maia, Genilson Rodrigues, Honório, Nildimar Alves
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 14.11.2015; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Animals; Anopheles; Anopheles - growth & development; Aquaculture; Brazil - epidemiology; Care and treatment; Complications and side effects; Endemic Diseases; Fish-culture; Humans; Influence; Larva - growth & development; Malaria; Malaria - epidemiology; Physiological aspects; Ponds; Brazil

In the past decade fish farming has become an important economic activity in the Occidental Brazilian Amazon, where the number of new fish farms is rapidly increasing. One of the primary concerns with this phenomenon is the contribution of fishponds to the maintenance and increase of the anopheline...