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Small Irrigation Tanks as a Source of Malaria Mosquito Vectors

A Study in North-central Sri Lanka

By: Felix P. Amerasinghe,International Water Management Institute,Flemming Konradsen,Wim van der Hoek,Priyanie H. Amerasinghe,J. P. W. Gunawardena,K. T. Fonseka,G. Jayasinghe

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Small Irrigation Tanks as a Source of Malaria Mosquito Vectors

A Study in North-central Sri Lanka

By: Felix P. Amerasinghe,International Water Management Institute,Flemming Konradsen,Wim van der Hoek,Priyanie H. Amerasinghe,J. P. W. Gunawardena,K. T. Fonseka,G. Jayasinghe

Thousands of small irrigation reservoirs (tanks) exist in rice ecosystems in malarious regions of south Asia. The potential of these tanks to generate malaria-transmitting mosquitoes has not been adequately evaluated. Through a study of nine small irrigation tanks in north-central Sri Lanka, this report provides an assessment of the capacity of tanks to generate malaria and nuisance mosquitoes, factors that contribute to mosquito generation, and measures that could ameliorate the problem.

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9290904615

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Biodiversity associated with the rice field agroecosystem in Asian countries: A brief review

By: Channa N. B. Bambaradeniya,Felix P. Amerasinghe

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Biodiversity associated with the rice field agroecosystem in Asian countries: A brief review

By: Channa N. B. Bambaradeniya,Felix P. Amerasinghe

This review is intended to bring together the published information available on the biodiversity associated with the rice field agroecosystem, in countries extending across Asia from Sri Lanka to Japan. The intention is to provide a synthesis that would enable us to better appreciate the environmental services and opportunities for biodiversity conservation offered by rice fields, as the additional benefits and contribution of these major food-producing agroecosystems. Since this review is based mainly on published information in the English language public domain, such limitation of the exercise might result in a bias towards those countries where the published and/or accessible information exists. In order to reduce such bias, attempts were made to review unpublished "grey" literature as well, although this was by no means comprehensive.

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9290905328

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Malaria and Land Use

A Spatial and Temporal Risk Analysis in Southern Sri Lanka

By: Eveline Klinkenberg,Wim van der Hoek,Felix P. Amerasinghe,Gayathri Jayasinghe,Lal Mutuwatte,Dissanayake M. Gunawardena

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Malaria and Land Use

A Spatial and Temporal Risk Analysis in Southern Sri Lanka

By: Eveline Klinkenberg,Wim van der Hoek,Felix P. Amerasinghe,Gayathri Jayasinghe,Lal Mutuwatte,Dissanayake M. Gunawardena

The transmission of malaria in Sri Lanka is unstable; its incidence greatly fluctuates from year to year and exhibits important variations within a year. Identification of the underlying risk factors of malaria is important to target the limited resources for the most-effective control of the disease. This report presents the first results of a project on malaria risk mapping to investigate whether this tool could be utilized to forecast malaria epidemics. It documents the key malaria risk factors for the Uda Walawe region of Sri Lanka, where monthly malaria incidence data were available over a 10-year period. In the study, data on aggregate malaria-incidence rates, land-use and water-use patterns, socioeconomic features and malaria-control interventions were collected and analyzed in a geographical information system. Malaria cases were mapped at the smallest administrative level and relative risks for different variables were calculated employing multivariate analyses. The findings of the study call for malaria-control strategies that are readily adapted to different ecological and epidemiological settings.

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Small Irrigation Tanks as a Source of Malaria Mosquito Vectors

Small Irrigation Tanks as a Source of Malaria Mosquito Vectors

Biodiversity associated with the rice field agroecosystem in Asian countries: A brief review

Biodiversity associated with the rice field agroecosystem in Asian countries: A brief review

Malaria and Land Use

Malaria and Land Use

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