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A Low-Cost Microfluidic Chip for Rapid Genotyping of Malaria-Transmitting Mosquitoes
3 Aug 2012
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BACKGROUND: Vector control is one of the most effective measures to prevent the transmission of malaria, a disease that causes over 600,000 deaths annually. Around 30-40 Anopheles mosquito species are natural vectors of malaria parasites. Some of these species cannot be morphologically distinguished, but have behavioral and ecological differences. Emblematic of this is the Anopheles gambiae species complex. The...
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