Insecticide-treated curtains reduce the prevalence and intensity of malaria infection in Burkina Faso

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 557-564

  Habluetzel, Annette ^a,c   Cuzin, N ^a   Diallo, D A ^a   Nebie I ^a   Belem, S ^a   Cousens, S N ^b   Esposito, F ^c,d  

^a Ctr Natl Lutte Contre le Paludisme   (Burkina Faso)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^d Dir Generale Cooperazione Sviluppo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Burkina Faso; Infection; Insecticide treated curtains; Malaria; Morbidity; RCT

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE CONTROL; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURKINA FASO; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BURKINA FASO;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032846505     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00455.x     Document Type: Article

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