(Press-News.org) Mosquito nets treated with multiple insecticides can control malaria when pyrethroid resistance leads normal nets to fail
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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0289469
Article Title: Effectiveness of dual active ingredient insecticide-treated nets in preventing malaria: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Author Countries: Australia, USA, Malawi
Funding: This work was funded by the World Health Organisation, APW202903809 The funder of the study had a role in the development of the protocol, the wording and development of the review questions, the interpretation of the final results and the development of this manuscript.
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Mosquito nets treated with multiple insecticides can control malaria when pyrethroid resistance leads normal nets to fail
2023-08-16
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