The contribution of repellent soap to malaria control

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 580-584

  Kroeger, Axel ^a   Gerhardus, Ansgar ^b   Kruger, Gerhild ^b   Mancheno, Manuel ^c   Pesse, Karen ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Regional Coordinator of the Latin American Centre   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; INSECT REPELLENT; PERMETHRIN; SOAP;

ADULT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; ECUADOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERU; SWEATING; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANOPHELES ALBIMANUS; INSECTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 0030949663     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1997.56.580     Document Type: Article

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