Efficacy of aquatain, a monomolecular film, for the control of malaria vectors in rice paddies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Bukhari, Tullu ^a   Takken, Willem ^a   Githeko, Andrew K ^b   Koenraadt, Constantianus J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; INSECTICIDE;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); KENYA; LARVAL STAGE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PUPATION; RICE; VECTOR CONTROL; WATER LOSS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; METHODOLOGY;

NOTONECTIDAE;

ANIMALS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 79959652356     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021713     Document Type: Article

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