Vector control: A cornerstone in the malaria elimination campaign

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1608-1616

  Karunamoorthi, K ^a,b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biological control; Chemical control; Malaria elimination; Personal protection; Vector control

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; INSECT REPELLENT;

BED NET; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMICAL LARVICIDING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOSQUITO; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; INFECTION RISK; LARVAL CONTROL; LARVAL STAGE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; ULTRA LOW VOLUME SPACE SPRAYING; VECTOR CONTROL;

EID: 80054088220     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2011.03664.x     Document Type: Review

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