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Mosquito Behaviour and Disease Control
Mosquitoes vector many important disease pathogens. Controls of mosquito-borne diseases often involve lowering the contact rate between human and vector, and killing the vector. For instance, long lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) act on both of these levels. Unfortunately, these are at best short-term solutions as mosquitoes are known to exhibit resistance to these interventions. Physiological...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2050-6201
DOI: 10.1093/emph/eou030