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Electronic mosquito repellents for preventing mosquito bites and malaria infection

  1. Ahmadali Enayati1,*,
  2. Janet Hemingway2,
  3. Paul Garner3

Editorial Group: Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group

Published Online: 17 MAR 2010

Assessed as up-to-date: 9 MAR 2009

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005434.pub2

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Enayati A, Hemingway J, Garner P. Electronic mosquito repellents for preventing mosquito bites and malaria infection. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2007, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD005434. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005434.pub2.

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  1. 1

    Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Medical Entomology, School of Public Health and Environmental Health Research Centre, Sari, Mazandaran, Iran

  2. 2

    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK

  3. 3

    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, International Health Group, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK

*Ahmadali Enayati, Medical Entomology, School of Public Health and Environmental Health Research Centre, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, KM 18 Khazarabad Road, Sari, Mazandaran, 48175-1553, Iran. tmaae@liverpool.ac.uk; ahmadali_enayati@yahoo.com.

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  1. Publication Status: Stable (no update expected for reasons given in 'What's new')
  2. Published Online: 17 MAR 2010

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Andrade 2001 {published data only}
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Singleton 1977 {published data only}

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