Evidence for a mass community effects of insecticide-treated bebnets on the incidence of malaria on the Kenyan coast

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 357-360

  Howard, S C ^a   Omumbo, J ^b   Nevill, C ^c   Some, E S ^c   Donnelly, C A ^a   Snow, R W ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Community effect; Disease control; Disease risk; Insecticide treated bednets; Kenya; Malaria; Permethrin

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; HOME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; SLEEP;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033839022     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90103-2     Document Type: Article

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