Bedbug control by permethrin-impregnated bednets in Tanzania

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 457-459

  Temu, E A ^a,d   Minjas, J N ^b   Shiff, C J ^c   Majala, A ^b  

^a Bagamoyo Bed Net Project   (Tanzania)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bedbugs; Cimex hemipterus; Insecticide impregnated bednets; Malaria intervention; Permethrin; Tanzania; Vector control

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BED; CIMEX; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; BEDBUGS; BEDDING AND LINENS; INSECT CONTROL; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHRINS; TANZANIA;

EID: 0033213810     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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