Prioritizing mosquito-borne diseases during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Authors

  • Shahmshad Ahmed Khan Department of Entomology, Faculty of Crop and Food Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah (PMAS) Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Shamsabad, Pakistan
  • Cameron Ewart Webb Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia
  • Nur Faeza Abu Kassim 129 Medical Entomology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5365/wpsar.2020.11.3.017

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07-05-2021

How to Cite

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Ahmed Khan S, Webb CE, Abu Kassim NF. Prioritizing mosquito-borne diseases during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Western Pac Surveill Response J [Internet]. 2021 May 7 [cited 2025 Jul. 15];12(2):2. Available from: https://ojs.wpro.who.int/ojs/index.php/wpsar/article/view/822

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2021): April ‒ June

Section

COVID-19: Perspective

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