Mass trapping of malaria vector mosquitoes

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10050, 2016, Pages 1136-1137

  Killeen, Gerry F ^a,b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROCARBON;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; BED NET; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SOLAR POWERED ODOUR BAITED MOSQUITO TRAP; VECTOR CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; MOSQUITO VECTOR;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DISEASE VECTORS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO VECTORS;

EID: 84992379380     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30674-2     Document Type: Note

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