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Push by a net, pull by a cow: can zooprophylaxis enhance the impact of insecticide treated bed nets on malaria control?

BACKGROUND: Mass insecticide treated bed net (ITN) deployment, and its associated coverage of populations at risk, had “pushed” a decline in malaria transmission. However, it is unknown whether malaria control is being enhanced by zooprophylaxis, i.e., mosquitoes diverted to feed on hosts different...

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Autores principales: Iwashita, Hanako, Dida, Gabriel O, Sonye, George O, Sunahara, Toshihiko, Futami, Kyoko, Njenga, Sammy M, Chaves, Luis F, Minakawa, Noboru
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3917899/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24472517
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-7-52