Can anything be done to maintain the effectiveness of pyrethroid-impregnated bednets against malaria vectors?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1376, 1998, Pages 1769-1775

  Curtis, G F ^a   Miller, J E ^a   Hodjati, M Hassan ^a   Kolaczinski, J H ^a   Kasumba, I ^a  

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

Author keywords

Anopheles; Insecticide treated bednet; Malaria; Organophosphates; Pyrethroid resistance; Resistance management

Indexed keywords

IMPREGNATED BEDNET; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; PYRETHROID;

EID: 0032578731     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0329     Document Type: Article

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