Mind the gap: residual malaria transmission, veterinary endectocides and livestock as targets for malaria vector control

Carlos Chaccour^{1

2

3}, Gerry F Killeen^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. carlos.chaccour@isglobal.org.
² ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. carlos.chaccour@isglobal.org.
³ Instituto de Salud Tropical, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. carlos.chaccour@isglobal.org.
⁴ Ifakara Health Institute, Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara, Kilombero, Morogoro, United Republic of Tanzania. gkilleen@ihi.or.tz.
⁵ Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. gkilleen@ihi.or.tz.

Comment

Carlos Chaccour et al. Malar J. 2016.

. 2016 Jan 12:15:24.

doi: 10.1186/s12936-015-1063-y.

Carlos Chaccour^{1

2

3}, Gerry F Killeen^{4

5}

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. carlos.chaccour@isglobal.org.
² ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. (CRESIB), Hospital Clínic, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. carlos.chaccour@isglobal.org.
³ Instituto de Salud Tropical, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. carlos.chaccour@isglobal.org.
⁴ Ifakara Health Institute, Environmental Health and Ecological Sciences Thematic Group, Ifakara, Kilombero, Morogoro, United Republic of Tanzania. gkilleen@ihi.or.tz.
⁵ Department of Vector Biology, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK. gkilleen@ihi.or.tz.

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