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  "@type": "dcat:Dataset",
  "accessLevel": "public",
  "bureauCode": [
    "009:25"
  ],
  "contactPoint": {
    "@type": "vcard:Contact",
    "fn": "NIH",
    "hasEmail": "mailto:info@nih.gov"
  },
  "description": "Background\n          Rice fields are efficient breeding places for malaria vectors in Madagascar. In order to establish as easily as possible if a rice field is an effective larval site for anophelines, we compared classical dipping versus a net as methods of collecting larvae.\n        \n        \n          Results\n          Using similar collecting procedures, we found that the total number of anopheline larvae collected with the net was exactly double (174/87) that collected by dipping. The number of anopheline species collected was also greater with a net.\n        \n        \n          Conclusions\n          The net is an effective means of collecting anopheline larvae and can be used for qualitative ecological studies and to rapidly determine which rice fields are containing malaria vectors.",
  "distribution": [
    {
      "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
      "description": "Visit the original government dataset for complete information, documentation, and data access.",
      "downloadURL": "https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC111502/",
      "mediaType": "text/html",
      "title": "Official Government Data Source"
    }
  ],
  "identifier": "https://healthdata.gov/api/views/3gm2-26vk",
  "issued": "2025-07-14",
  "keyword": [
    "larval-collection",
    "malaria-vectors",
    "mosquito-larvae",
    "nih",
    "rice-fields"
  ],
  "landingPage": "https://healthdata.gov/d/3gm2-26vk",
  "modified": "2025-09-06",
  "programCode": [
    "009:033"
  ],
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "org:Organization",
    "name": "National Institutes of Health"
  },
  "theme": [
    "NIH"
  ],
  "title": "A possible alternative method for collecting mosquito larvae in rice fields"
}