A controlled trial of lambda-cyhalothrin-impregnated mosquito bed nets and/or dapsone/pyrimethamine for malaria control in Sierra Leone

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Marbiah, N T ^a   Petersen, E ^b   David, K ^b   Magbity, E ^a   Lines, J ^a   Bradley, D J ^a  

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

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYHALOTHRIN; MALOPRIM;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BED NET; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIERRA LEONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031891335     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.58.1     Document Type: Article

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