Attractive toxic sugar baits
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Attractive toxic sugar baits
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Attractive toxic sugar baits (ATSBs) are oral insecticides designed to reduce malaria infections by killing the host vector – the mosquito – rather than the parasite itself. Attractive toxic sugar baits are manufactured from readily available, inexpensive ingredients in tropical and sub-tropical areas. They broadly consist of an oral toxic component, a sugar component to encourage feeding on the ATSB, and a scented component attractive to mosquitos or other target vectors. Typical ATSBs consist
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Experimental oral insecticide for mosquitos
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attractive_toxic_sugar_baits
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2023-12-02T00:44:50Z
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