Permethrin-impregnated bednets are more effective than DDT house-spraying to control malaria in Solomon Islands

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-148

  Kere, N K ^a   Arabola, A ^b   Bakote'e, B ^b   Qalo, O ^b   Burkot, T R ^c   Webber, R H ^d   Southgate, B A ^d  

^a Ministry of Health and Medical Services   (Solomon Islands)

^b Med Training and Research Institute   (Solomon Islands)

^c QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

An.punctulatus; Anopheles farauti; DDT; Malaria control; Permethrin impregnated bednets; Solomon Islands

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES FARAUTI;

CHLORPHENOTANE; CIRCUMSPOROZOITE PROTEIN, PROTOZOAN; INSECTICIDE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PERMETHRIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PYRETHROID;

DDT; HOUSE-SPRAYING; MALARIA CONTROL; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALARIA; MELANESIA; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BEDDING AND LINENS; DDT; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MELANESIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PERMETHRIN; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PYRETHRINS;

SOLOMON ISLANDS;

EID: 0030115154     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1996.tb00720.x     Document Type: Article

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