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Population structure of the malaria vector Anopheles darlingi in a malaria-endemic region of eastern Amazonian Brazil.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 May 2006
Conn Jan E, Vineis Joseph H, Bollback Jonathan P, Onyabe David Y, Wilkerson Richard C, Póvoa Marinete M
Abstract excerpt
Anopheles darlingi is the primary malaria vector in Latin America, and is especially important in Amazonian Brazil. Historically, control efforts have been focused on indoor house spraying using a variety of insecticides, but since the mid-1990s there has been a shift to patient treatment and focal insecticide fogging. Anopheles darlingi was believed to have been significantly reduced in a gold-mining community,...
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