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Impregnating hessian strips with the volatile pyrethroid transfluthrin prevents outdoor exposure to vectors of malaria and lymphatic filariasis in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
BACKGROUND: Semi-field trials using laboratory-reared Anopheles arabiensis have shown that, delivering the volatile pyrethroid transfluthrin by absorption into hessian strips, consistently provided > 99 % human protective efficacy against bites for 6 months without retreating. Here the impact of...
Autores principales: | Govella, Nicodem J., Ogoma, Sheila B., Paliga, John, Chaki, Prosper P., Killeen, Gerry |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2015
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4465323/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26063216 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-0937-8 |
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