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Evaluation of electric nets as means to sample mosquito vectors host-seeking on humans and primates

BACKGROUND: Plasmodium knowlesi is found in macaques and is the only major zoonotic malaria to affect humans. Transmission of P. knowlesi between people and macaques depends on the host species preferences and feeding behavior of mosquito vectors. However, these behaviours are difficult to measure d...

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Autores principales: Hawkes, Frances, Manin, Benny Obrain, Ng, Sui Han, Torr, Stephen J, Drakeley, Chris, Chua, Tock H, Ferguson, Heather M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5516363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28720113
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-017-2277-3