Preliminary field testing of a long-lasting insecticide-treated hammock against Anopheles gambiae and Mansonia spp. (Diptera: Culicidae) in West Africa

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 651-655

  Hougard, J M ^a,b   Martin, T ^a,c   Guillet, P F ^d   Coosemans, M ^e   Itoh, T ^f   Akogbeto M ^f   Chandre, F ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DE COTONOU CREC   (Benin)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e SUMITOMO CHEMICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^f CREC 06 ^*  (Benin)

Author keywords

Field testing; Insecticide treated hammock; Malaria vectors; Permethrin; Pest mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HOUSING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STERCULIACEAE;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; HOUSING; INSECTICIDES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STERCULIACEAE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARBOVIRUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; MANSONIA AFRICANA; MANSONIA UNIFORMIS;

EID: 34447557029     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585(2007)44[651:PFTOAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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