MIRO and IRbase: IT tools for the epidemiological monitoring of insecticide resistance in mosquito disease vectors

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Dialynas, Emmanuel ^a   Topalis, Pantelis ^a   Vontas, John ^b,c,d   Louis, Christos ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; IRBASE; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; MOSQUITO INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE ONTOLOGY; REFERENCE DATABASE; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CULICIDAE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE VECTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 68349090470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000465     Document Type: Article

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