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Proportional decline of Anopheles quadriannulatus and increased contribution of An. arabiensis to the An. gambiae complex following introduction of indoor residual spraying with pirimiphos-methyl: an observational, retrospective secondary analysis of pre-existing data from south-east Zambia

BACKGROUND: Across most of sub-Saharan Africa, malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes from the Anopheles gambiae complex, comprising seven morphologically indistinguishable but behaviourally-diverse sibling species with ecologically-distinct environmental niches. Anopheles gambiae and An. arabiensis a...

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Autores principales: Chinula, Dingani, Hamainza, Busiku, Chizema, Elizabeth, Kavishe, Deogratius R., Sikaala, Chadwick H., Killeen, Gerry F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180389/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30305147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3121-0