Comparison of different insecticides and fabrics for anti-mosquito bednets and curtains

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Curtis, C F ^a   Myamba, J ^b   Wilkes, T J ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ubwari Field Station   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

An.gambiae; Anopheles funestus; Bednets; Bendiocarb; Cotton; Culex quinquefasciatus; Curtains; Cyfluthrin; Deltamethrin; Etofenprox; Experimental huts; Impregnated fabrics; Lambda cyhalothrin; Malaria; Permethrin; Personal protection; Polyester; Vector control

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

BENDIOCARB; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BED; BIOASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COTTON; CULEX; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEDDING AND LINENS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARBAMATES; CULEX; GOSSYPIUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PHENYLCARBAMATES; POLYESTERS; POLYETHYLENES; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 0029681330     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00075.x     Document Type: Review

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