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Review
. 2012;9(7):e1001262.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001262. Epub 2012 Jul 10.

Lessons from agriculture for the sustainable management of malaria vectors

Matthew B Thomas  1 , H Charles J Godfray, Andrew F Read, Henk van den Berg, Bruce E Tabashnik, Joop C van Lenteren, Jeff K Waage, Willem Takken
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Review

Lessons from agriculture for the sustainable management of malaria vectors

Matthew B Thomas et al. PLoS Med. 2012.

Abstract

Willem Takken and colleagues argue for the expansion of insecticide monotherapy in malaria control by taking lessons from agriculture and including more sustainable integrated vector management strategies.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1. Features of current vector control strategies compared with potential integrated vector management (IVM).
The arrows indicate trends representative of the contrasting strategies. Progression towards IVM has the potential to increase the effectiveness and sustainabilty of control, but requires more diverse and knowledge-intensive approaches.
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