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Effects of changing mosquito host searching behaviour on the cost effectiveness of a mass distribution of long-lasting, insecticidal nets: a modelling study

BACKGROUND: The effectiveness of long-lasting, insecticidal nets (LLINs) in preventing malaria is threatened by the changing biting behaviour of mosquitoes, from nocturnal and endophagic to crepuscular and exophagic, and by their increasing resistance to insecticides. METHODS: Using epidemiological...

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Autores principales: Briët, Olivier JT, Chitnis, Nakul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3706220/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23802594
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-215