Insecticide-treated nets against malaria vectors and polystyrene beads against Culex larvae

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 504-507

  Curtis, Chris ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; INSECT REPELLENT; INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; POLYSTYRENE; PYRETHROID;

AFRICA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CULEX; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LARVA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; PARASITE VECTOR; PLASMODIUM; POLITICS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CULEX; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; MALARIA; MICROSPHERES; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POLYSTYRENES;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; INSECTA;

EID: 26844518446     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.08.025     Document Type: Review

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