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Observing the distribution of mosquito bites on humans to inform personal protection measures against malaria and dengue vectors
BACKGROUND: Understanding mosquito biting behaviours is important for designing and evaluating protection methods against nuisance biting and mosquito-borne diseases (e.g. dengue, malaria and zika). We investigated the preferred biting sites by Aedes aegypti and Anopheles arabiensis on adult volunte...
Autores principales: | Mponzi, Winifrida P., Swai, Johnson K., Kaindoa, Emmanuel W., Kifungo, Khamis, Eiras, Alvaro E., Batista, Elis P. A., Matowo, Nancy S., Sangoro, Peter O., Finda, Marceline F., Mmbando, Arnold S., Gavana, Tegemeo, Ngowo, Halfan S., Okumu, Fredros O. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9312397/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35877666 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271833 |
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