Ecologists can enable communities to implement malaria vector control in Africa
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Integrated vector management (IVM) for malaria control requires ecological skills that are very scarce and rarely applied in Africa today. Partnerships between communities and academic ecologists can address this capacity deficit, mo...
Main Authors: | Knols Bart GJ, van Schayk Ingeborg, Yamagata Yoichi, Mtasiwa Deo, Mboera Leonard, Nkwengulila Gamba, Kiche Ibrahim, Mathenge Evan M, Ijumba Jasper N, Kiama G Michael, Kannady Khadija, Mukabana W, Lindsay Steven W, de Castro Marcia, Mshinda Hassan, Tanner Marcel, Fillinger Ulrike, Killeen Gerry F |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2006-02-01
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Series: | Malaria Journal |
Online Access: | http://www.malariajournal.com/content/5/1/9 |
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