Malaria Vector Management: Where Have We Come From and Where Are We Headed?

Ephantus J. Muturi Department of Medicine, William C. Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham Alabama; Tr-Ac-Net Organization (Transparency and Accountability Network), New York, New York

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Peter Burgess Department of Medicine, William C. Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham Alabama; Tr-Ac-Net Organization (Transparency and Accountability Network), New York, New York

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Robert J. Novak Department of Medicine, William C. Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham Alabama; Tr-Ac-Net Organization (Transparency and Accountability Network), New York, New York

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