Comparison of house spraying and insecticide-treated nets for malaria control

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1389-1400

  Curtis, Christopher F ^a   Mnzava, Abraham E P ^b  

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

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Comparative study; Evaluation studies; Insecticides, administration and dosage; Kenya; Malaria, prevention and control; Nigeria; United Republic of Tanzania

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; MALATHION; PYRETHROID;

DDT; DISEASE CONTROL; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; MALARIA; PYRETHROID;

BED NET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NIGERIA; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; REVIEW; TANZANIA; VECTOR CONTROL;

AFRICA; ASIA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CLINICAL TRIALS; DDT; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MELANESIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PYRETHRINS; TIME FACTORS;

AFRICA; ASIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS;

EID: 0034492051     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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