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Larvivorous fish for preventing malaria transmission

BACKGROUND: Adult anopheline mosquitoes transmit Plasmodium parasites that cause malaria. Some fish species eat mosquito larvae and pupae. In disease control policy documents, the World Health Organization includes biological control of malaria vectors by stocking ponds, rivers, and water collection...

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Autores principales: Walshe, Deirdre P, Garner, Paul, Abdel-Hameed Adeel, Ahmed A, Pyke, Graham H, Burkot, Tom
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4468924/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24323308
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008090.pub2