Comprehensive Sterilization of Malaria Vectors Using Pyriproxyfen: A Step Closer to Malaria Elimination
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Comprehensive sterilization of malaria vectors using pyriproxyfen: a step closer to malaria elimination.
One of the main challenges to malaria elimination is the resilience of vectors, such as Anopheles arabiensis, that evade lethal exposure to insecticidal control measures or express resistance to their active ingredients. This study investigated a novel technology for population control that sterilizes mosquitoes using pyriproxyfen, a juvenile hormone analogue. Females of An. arabiensis were rel...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0002-9637,1476-1645
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0550