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Artificial lighting as a vector attractant and cause of disease diffusion [1]

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Traditionally, epidemiologists have considered electrification to be a positive factor. In fact, electrification and plumbing are typical initiatives that represent the integration of an isolated population into modern society, ensuring the control of pathogens and promoting public health. Nonetheless, electrification is always accompanied by night lighting that attracts insect vectors and changes people

Publication Date: 
31/10/2010
Alessandro Barghini [2], Bruno A. S. de Medeiros [3]
Environmental Health Perspectives [4]
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Health [5], Electricity [6], Vector Borne Diseases [7], Malaria [8], Epidemiological Studies [9], Infectious Diseases [10], Chagas Disease [11]
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