Beyond insecticides: New thinking on an ancient problem

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 181-193

  McGraw, Elizabeth A ^a   O'Neill, Scott L ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DENGUE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA MODIFICATION; FILARIASIS; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIFESPAN; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMBIONT; VECTOR CONTROL; WOLBACHIA PIPIENTIS; YELLOW FEVER;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84874065243     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro2968     Document Type: Review

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