Meet the Contributing Authors

Christopher F. Curtis
formerly of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, U.K.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Born 1939; Ph.D. in genetics; postdoctoral work on genetic methods for control of tsetse flies; 3 years in India working for World Health Organization on genetic control methods for mosquitoes; based at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine since 1976, with field work mainly in Tanzania on use of impregnated bednets for Anopheles control and polystyrene beads for control of Culex larvae; additional field work in Sri Lanka, China and Venezuela.

Selected Publications

Curtis, C.F. ed. (1991) Control of Disease Vectors in the Community. Wolfe, London.

Curtis, C.F. (1994) Should DDT continue to be recommended for malaria vector control? Medical & Veterinary Entomology 8, 107-112.