Drug-based vector control: a potential new paradigm

• Published in: Malaria journal Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 200 - 2
• Main Authors: Alonso, Pedro, Engels, Dirk
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central 17.05.2017; BMC
• Subjects: Animals; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Commentary; Control; Disease transmission; Disease Vectors; Entomology; Hemingway, Ernest (1899-1961); Human diseases; Humans; Infectious Diseases; Insect Control - methods; Insect Vectors - drug effects; Insecticide resistance; Insecticides; Intervention; Ivermectin; Lymphatic Filariasis; Malaria; Malaria Transmission; Mass Drug Administration; Microbiology; Organizations; Parasites; Parasitology; Pesticide resistance; Public Health; R&D; Research & development; Tropical diseases; Tropical Medicine; Vector-borne diseases; Vectors; Mexico; Lymphatic Filariasis; Malaria; Mass Drug Administration; Malaria Transmission; Ivermectin
• ISSN: 1475-2875; 1475-2875
• DOI: 10.1186/s12936-017-1835-7

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