Spatial targeted vector control in the highlands of Burundi and its impact on malaria transmission.

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Published in Malar J on December 03, 2007

Authors

Natacha Protopopoff1, Wim Van Bortel, Tanguy Marcotty, Michel Van Herp, Peter Maes, Dismas Baza, Umberto D'Alessandro, Marc Coosemans

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Parasitology, Prince Leopold Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nationalestraat 155, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium. nprotopopoff@itg.be

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