Measuring, manipulating and exploiting behaviours of adult mosquitoes to optimise malaria vector control impact

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Killeen, Gerry F ^a,b   Marshall, John M ^c   Kiware, Samson S ^a   South, Andy B ^d   Tusting, Lucy S ^e   Chaki, Prosper P ^a   Govella, Nicodem J ^a  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Department of Plastic Surgery   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85042083994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000212     Document Type: Article

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