IWMI Publications on Malaria

Most of our publications in international journals are indexed in Medline and abstracts can be obtained via www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. For reprints of specific journal articles please write to Ms. Himani Elangasinghe at h.elangasinghe@cgiar.org

Malaria Risk Mapping
(research from Sri Lanka)

Klinkenberg E (ed.) (2001) Malaria Risk Mapping in Sri Lanka - Results from the Uda Walawe Area. Proceedings of a Workshop held in Embilipitiya, Sri Lanka 29th March 2001. IWMI Working Paper no. 21. Follow link to acces on-line: PDF format 10,925KB - requires Adobe Acrobat Reader™. To order the print version: send your request and postal address to iwmi.publications@cgiar.org.

Van der Hoek W, Konradsen F, Perera D, Amerasinghe PH, Amerasinghe FP (1997). Correlation between rainfall and malaria in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology 91, 945-949.

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Malaria Control in Tank Cascade Irrigation Systems
(research from Sri Lanka)

Konradsen F, Amerasinghe FP, van der Hoek W, Amerasinghe PH. (2001) Malaria in Sri Lanka : Current Knowledge on Transmission and Control, IWMI Book.  

Van der Hoek W, Amerasinghe FP, Boelee E. (2001) Water management for malaria control. Economic Review 27:8&9:14.

Konradsen F, Amerasinghe PH, Perera D, van der Hoek W, Amerasinghe FP (2000) A village treatment center for malaria: community response in Sri Lanka. Social Science & Medicine 50: 879-889.

Amerasinghe PH, Amerasinghe FP, Konradsen F, Fonseka KT, Wirtz RA. (1999) Malaria vectors in a traditional dry zone village in Sri Lanka. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 60, 421-429.

Konradsen F, Steele P, van der Hoek W, Amerasinghe PH, Amerasinghe FP. (1999) Cost of malaria control in Sri Lanka. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 77, 301-309.
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Matsuno Y, Konradsen F, Tasumi M, van der Hoek W, Amerasinghe FP, Amerasinghe PH. (1999) Control of malaria mosquito breeding through irrigation water management. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 15, 93-105.

Van der Hoek W, Konradsen F, Dijkstra DS, Amerasinghe PH, Amerasinghe FP (1998) Risk factors for malaria: a microepidemiological study in a village in Sri Lanka. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 92: 265-269.

Van der Hoek W, Amerasinghe FP, Konradsen F, Amerasinghe PH (1998). Characteristics of malaria vector breeding habitats in Sri Lanka: relevance for environmental management. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 29: 168-172.

Konradsen F, Matsuno Y, Amerasinghe FP, Amerasinghe PH, van der Hoek W (1998). Anopheles culicifacies breeding in Sri Lanka and options for control through water management. Acta Tropica 15,131-8

Amerasinghe FP, Konradsen F, Fonseka KT, Amerasinghe PH (1997). Anopheline (Diptera: culicidae) breeding in a traditional tank-based village ecosystem in northcentral Sri Lanka. Journal of Medical Entomology, 34: 290-297.

Konradsen F, van der Hoek W, Amerasinghe PH, Amerasinghe FP, Fonseka KT (1997). Household responses to malaria and their costs: a study from rural Sri Lanka. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 91: 127-130.

Konradsen F, van der Hoek W, Amerasinghe PH, Amerasinghe FP (1997). Measuring the economic cost of malaria to households in Sri Lanka. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 56: 656-660.

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Malaria Control in Large-scale Irrigation Systems
(research from India and Pakistan)

Amerasinghe FP, Mukhtar M, Herrel N (2002) Keys to Anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culiciade) of Pakistan. Journal of Medical Entomology 39:28-35.

Herrel N, Amerasinghe FP, Ensink J, Mukhtar M, van der Hoek W, Konradsen F (2001) Breeding of Anopheles mosquitoes in irrigated areas of South Punjab, Pakistan. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, 15: 236-248.

Konradsen F, Stobberup KA, Sharma SK, Gulati OT, van der Hoek W (1998) Irrigation water releases and Anopheles culicifacies abundance in Gujarat, India. Acta Tropica, 71: 195-197.

Mutuwatte LP, Konradsen F, Renault D, Sharma SK, Gulati OT, Kumara WAU (1997). Water-Related Environmental Factors and Malaria Transmission in Mahi Kadana, Gujarat, India. IIMI Working Paper no. 41, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Donnelly MJ, Birley MH, Konradsen F (1997). An Investigation of the Relationship between Depth to Groundwater and Malaria Prevalence, Punjab, Pakistan. IIMI Working Paper no. 40, Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Donnelly MJ, Konradsen F, Birley MH (1997). Malaria-treatment-seeking behaviour in the southern Punjab, Pakistan. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology, 91: 665-667.

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Environmental Control of Mosquitoes in Rice Fields
(research from India, Kenya, Sri Lanka)

Van der Hoek W, Sakthivadivel R, Renshaw M, Silver JB, Birley MH, Konradsen F (2001) Alternate Wet / Dry Irrigation in Rice Cultivation: A Practical Way to Save Water and Control Malaria and Japanese Encephalitis? IWMI Research Report No. 47.
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Mutero CM, Blank H, Konradsen F, van der Hoek W (2000) Water management for controlling the breeding of Anopheles mosquitoes in rice irrigation schemes in Kenya. Acta Tropica 76: 253-263.

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last updated:1 January 2004

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Risk mapping

Controlling malaria in:
Tank cascade systems

Large-scale irrigation systems

Rice-based systems