Insecticide-treated bednet use, anaemia, and malaria parasitaemia in Blantyre district, Malawi

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 220-230

  Holtz, Timothy H ^a,b   Marum, Lawrence H ^a   Mkandala, Christopher ^c   Chizani, Nyson ^b   Roberts, Jacquelin M ^a   Macheso, Allan ^d   Parise, Monica E ^a   Kachur, S Patrick ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Blantyre District Health Office   (Malawi)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Insecticide treated bednets; Malaria; Malawi; Morbidity; Social marketing; Under fives

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FANSIDAR; INSECTICIDE;

ANEMIA; DISEASE CONTROL; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MARKETING; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

MALAWI;

PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036202538     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.2002.00846.x     Document Type: Article

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