Pyrethroid-impregnated bed nets for personal protection against malaria for Afghan refugees

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 357-361

  Rowland, Mark ^a   Bouma, Menno ^a   Ducornez, Dominique ^a   Durrani, Naeem ^a   Rozendaal, Jan ^b   Schapira, Allan ^b   Sondorp, Egbert ^a  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Headlice; Malaria; Permethrin impregnated bed nets; Plasmodium falciparum; Plasmodium vivax

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOSQUITO; PAKISTAN; PEDICULUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD;

INSECTA; PEDICULUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0029818428     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(96)90505-2     Document Type: Article

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