Ecology: A prerequisite for malaria elimination and eradication

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Ferguson, Heather M ^a,b   Dornhaus, Anna ^c   Beeche, Arlyne ^d   Borgemeister, Christian ^e   Gottlieb, Michael ^f   Mulla, Mir S ^g   Gimnig, John E ^h   Fish, Durland ⁱ   Killeen, Gerry F ^a,j  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

ⁱ YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTHROPOD LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ARTICLE; BED NET; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INSECT GENETICS; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POPULATION DISPERSAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; ECOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO NETS;

EID: 77956852677     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000303     Document Type: Article

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