Insecticide-treated nets against malaria vectors and polystyrene beads against Culex larvae.
In Parasitology Today in 1985, Curtis and Lines, and Curtis and Minjas presented the ideas of insecticide-treated nets and polystyrene beads for mosquito control. The former idea has grown to be a major component of the strategy for malaria prevention, especially in Africa. However, although polystyrene beads have been demonstrated to work extremely well, they have yet to be taken up on a major scale.
Curtis
Chris
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK. chris.curtis@lshtm.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D001512:Bedding and Linens; D003465:Culex / Q000187:drug effects / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000187:drug effects*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007814:Larva / Q000187:drug effects / Q000469:parasitology; D008288:Malaria / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D008863:Microspheres; D009032:Mosquito Control / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011137:Polystyrenes
D007306:Insecticides; D011137:Polystyrenes