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Achieving high coverage of larval-stage mosquito surveillance: challenges for a community-based mosquito control programme in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Prosper P Chaki1,2,3*, Nicodem J Govella1,2,3, Bryson Shoo4, Abdullah Hemed4, Marcel Tanner5, Ulrike Fillinger3,6 and Gerry F Killeen1,2,3

Author Affiliations

1 Ifakara Health Institute, Coordination Office, Kiko Avenue, Mikocheni, PO Box 78373, Dar es Salaam, United Republic of Tanzania

2 Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Vector Group, Pembroke Place, Liverpool, L3 5QA, UK

3 Durham University, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK

4 Dar es Salaam City Council, Ministry of Regional Administration and Local Government, United Republic of Tanzania

5 Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland

6 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Disease Control & Vector Biology Unit, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK

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Malaria Journal 2009, 8:311 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-8-311

Published: 30 December 2009

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Standardized field data collection forms. The document presents the standardized data collection forms used for mapping and describing the habitats during the quantitative cross-sectional evaluation of the community-based larval surveillance of the UMCP, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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