Comparison of bednets treated with alphacypermethrin, permethrin or lambdacyhalothrin against Anopheles gambiae in the Gambia

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 60-66

  Jawara, M ^a   Mcbeath, J ^b   Lines, J D ^b   Pinder, M ^a   Sanyang, F ^a   Greenwood, B M ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

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

Author keywords

Alphacypermethrin; Anopheles gambiae; Lambdacyhalothrin; Malaria vectors; Permethrin; Pyrethroid impregnated bednets; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

CIPERMETHRIN; CYHALOTHRIN; INSECTICIDE; NITRILE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BED; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEDDING AND LINENS; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NITRILES; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE;

EID: 0031905240     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1998.00083.x     Document Type: Article

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