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Mixture for controlling insecticide-resistant malaria vectors.
Emerging infectious diseases - 1 Nov 2008
Pennetier Cédric, Costantini Carlo, Corbel Vincent, Licciardi Séverine, Dabiré Roch K, Lapied Bruno, Chandre Fabrice, Hougard Jean-Marc
Abstract excerpt
The spread of resistance to pyrethroids in the major Afrotropical malaria vectors Anopheles gambiae s.s. necessitates the development of new strategies to control resistant mosquito populations. To test the efficacy of nets treated with repellent and insecticide against susceptible and insecticide-resistant An. gambiae mosquito populations, we impregnated mosquito bed nets with an insect repellent mixed with a...
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