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The interaction between permethrin exposure and malaria infection affects the host-seeking behaviour of mosquitoes

BACKGROUND: Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) help to control malaria by mechanically impeding the biting of mosquitoes, by repelling and irritating them and by killing them. In contrast to spatial repellency, irritancy implies that mosquitoes contact the ITN and are exposed to at least a sub-leth...

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Autores principales: Thiévent, Kevin, Hauser, Gaël, Elaian, Obada, Koella, Jacob C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6416862/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30871559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2718-x