Maintenance and sustained use of insecticide-treated bednets and curtains three years after a controlled trial in western Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 728-735

  Kachur, S Patrick ^a   Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^a   Odhacha, Amos M ^b   Ruebush, Trenton K ^a   Oloo, Aggrey J ^b   Nahlen, Bernard L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Insecticide treated bednets; Malaria control; Prevention; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

DISEASE CONTROL; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA;

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INSECT CONTROL; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

BEDDING AND LINENS; DATA COLLECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MAINTENANCE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; TIME;

KENYA;

INSECTA;

EID: 0032720020     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00481.x     Document Type: Article

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