How to make evolution-proof insecticides for malaria control.

Insecticides are one of the cheapest, most effective, and best proven methods of controlling malaria, but mosquitoes can rapidly evolve resistance. Such evolution, first seen in the 1950s in areas of widespread DDT use, is a major challenge because attempts to comprehensively control and even elimin...

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Main Authors: Andrew F Read, Penelope A Lynch, Matthew B Thomas
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/d972821e33764ac98e12c104b657df1c
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