Chemicals, Climate, and Control: Increasing the Effectiveness of Malaria Vector Control Tools by Considering Relevant Temperatures

Katey D. Glunt; Justine I. Blanford; Krijn P. Paaijmans

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1003602

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Chemicals, Climate, and Control: Increasing the Effectiveness of Malaria Vector Control Tools by Considering Relevant Temperatures

Katey D. Glunt,

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Justine I. Blanford,

Affiliation GeoVISTA Center, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Krijn P. Paaijmans

* E-mail: krijn@paaijmans.nl

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain
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Chemicals, Climate, and Control: Increasing the Effectiveness of Malaria Vector Control Tools by Considering Relevant Temperatures

Katey D. Glunt,
Justine I. Blanford,
Krijn P. Paaijmans

Published: October 3, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1003602

About the Authors

Katey D. Glunt

Affiliation Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics and Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Justine I. Blanford

Affiliation GeoVISTA Center, Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Krijn P. Paaijmans

* E-mail: krijn@paaijmans.nl

Affiliation Barcelona Centre for International Health Research (CRESIB, Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Barcelona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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