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Research results from A.M. Mahande and co-authors update knowledge of infectious disease

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, October 19th, 2010

Research findings, 'Is aging raw cattle urine efficient for sampling Anopheles arabiensis Patton,' are discussed in a new report. "To ensure sustainable routine surveillance of mosquito vectors, simple, effective and ethically acceptable tools are required. As a part of that, we evaluated the efficiency of resting boxes baited with fresh and aging cattle urine for indoor and outdoor sampling of An. arabiensis in the lower Moshi rice irrigation schemes," investigators in Tanzania report.

"A cattle urine treatment and re-treatment schedule was used, including a box with a piece of cloth re-treated with urine daily, and once after 3 and 7 day. Resting box with piece of...

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