Malaria infection in mosquitoes decreases the personal protection offered by permethrin-treated bednets

BACKGROUND: Insecticides targeting adult mosquitoes are the main way of controlling malaria. They work not only by killing mosquitoes, but also by repelling and irritating them. Indeed their repellent action gives valuable personal protection against biting mosquitoes. In the context of malaria cont...

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Published in:Parasit Vectors
Main Authors: Thiévent, Kevin, Hofer, Lorenz, Rapp, Elise, Tambwe, Mgeni Mohamed, Moore, Sarah, Koella, Jacob C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5936035/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29728155
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-2846-0
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