A comparison of use of a pyrethroid either for house spraying or for bednet treatment against malaria vectors

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 619-631

  Curtis, C F ^a   Maxwell, C A ^a,b   Finch, R J ^a,b   Njunwa, K J ^a  

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

^b Ubwari Field Station   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

House spraying; Impregnated bednets; Lambdacyhalothrin; Malaria; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CHLORPROGUANIL; CYHALOTHRIN; DAPSONE; HEMOGLOBIN; INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

DISEASE CONTROL; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; MALARIA;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; PARASITEMIA; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFECTION; TANZANIA; VECTOR CONTROL;

TANZANIA;

ANIMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031874918     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1998.00281.x     Document Type: Article

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