A randomized controlled trial of insecticide-treated bednets and chaddars or top sheets, and residual spraying of interior rooms for the prevention of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Kabul, Afghanistan

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 361-366

  Reyburn, Hugh ^a   Ashford, Richard ^b   Mohsen, Mohammad ^a   Hewitt, Sean ^a   Rowland, Mark ^a,c  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Afghanistan; Cutaneous leishmaniasis; Disease control; House spraying; Insecticide treated bebnets; Insecticide treated materials; Lambdacyhalothrin; Permethrin

Indexed keywords

CYHALOTHRIN; INSECTICIDE; PERMETHRIN; PYRETHROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BED NET; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; SLEEP;

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EID: 0033847909     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90104-4     Document Type: Article

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