View point: Ethical dilemmas in malaria vector research in Africa: Making the difficult choice between mosquito, science and humans

Malawi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 65-68

  Ndebele, P ^a   Musesengwa, R ^b  

^a HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Medical Research Council of Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHICS; HUMAN; MALARIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL;

EID: 84867846454     PISSN: 19957262     EISSN: 19957270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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