Commentary: Does a mosquito bite when no one is around to hear it?

What it found

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Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed.

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11. Characterizing, controlling and eliminating residual malaria transmission.Malaria journal · 2014
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15. Human exposure to early morning Anopheles funestus biting behavior and personal protection provided by long-lasting insecticidal nets.PloS one · 2014
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Corrections and comments

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  Consistently high estimates for the proportion of human exposure to malaria vector populations occurring indoors in rural Africa.2013

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