Mosquito ecology and control of malaria

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Mosquitoes transmit some of the most important infectious diseases of man including malaria that today kills around 0.6-1.2 million people a year, the majority children in low-income countries. There is increasing realisation that no single intervention is likely to halt malaria and a multipronged approach is needed including vector control. Very effective vector control measures are currently available, most...

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