Short report: Lack of specificity of Beilstein test in detecting pyrethroid insecticide on coloured mosquito nets

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 639-640

  Drakeley, C J ^a,b   Armstrong Schellenberg, J ^a,c   Abdulla, S ^a   Lengeler, Christian ^c  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beilstein test; Insecticide treated nets; Pyrethroids; Specificity

Indexed keywords

PYRETHROID;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BED NET; LABORATORY TEST; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; EVALUATION STUDIES; INSECTICIDES; NITRILES; PILOT PROJECTS; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 0032730488     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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