Insecticide impregnated curtains to control domestic transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Venezuela: Cluster randomised trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 325, Issue 7368, 2002, Pages 810-813

  Kroeger, Axel ^a   Avila, Elci Villegas ^b   Morison, Linda ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYHALOTHRIN; INSECTICIDE; POLYESTER; PYRETHROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INSECT CONTROL; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODIDAE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS; TEXTILE; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0037069046     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7368.810     Document Type: Article

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