Deltamethrin-impregnated bednets as an operational tool for malaria control in a hyper-endemic region of Burundi: Impact on vector population and malaria morbidity

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 824-835

  Van Bortel, W ^a,c   Delacollette, C ^b,c   Barutwanayo, M ^c   Coosemans, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Prog Natl de Lutte Antipaludique   (Burundi)

Author keywords

A. funestus; A. gambiae; bednets; Burundi; P. falciparum

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN;

ARTICLE; BED; BURUNDI; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; VECTOR CONTROL;

IMPREGNATED BEDNETS; MALARIA CONTROL; VECTOR CONTROL;

BURUNDI, NYANZA LAC DISTRICT;

EID: 0030303430     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.1996.tb00118.x     Document Type: Article

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