Do Topical Repellents Divert Mosquitoes within a Community? – Health Equity Implications of Topical Repellents as a Mosquito Bite Prevention Tool

OBJECTIVES: Repellents do not kill mosquitoes - they simply reduce human-vector contact. Thus it is possible that individuals who do not use repellents but dwell close to repellent users experience more bites than otherwise. The objective of this study was to measure if diversion occurs from househo...

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Main Authors: Maia, Marta Ferreira, Onyango, Sangoro Peter, Thele, Max, Simfukwe, Emmanuel Titus, Turner, Elizabeth Louise, Moore, Sarah Jane
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3869929/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24376852
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0084875
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