Short report: Lack of specificity of Beilstein test in detecting pyrethroid insecticide on coloured mosquito nets

Authors: Drakeley, C. J.; Armstrong Schellenberg, J.; Abdulla, S.¹; Lengeler, C.²

Source: Tropical Medicine & International Health, Volume 4, Number 10, October 1999 , pp. 639-640(2)

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Keywords: Beilstein test; insecticide-treated nets; specificity; pyrethroids

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00470.x

Affiliations: 1: Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Ifakara, Tanzania 2: Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland

Publication date: 1999-10-01

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