Reduction of malaria during pregnancy by permethrin-treated bed nets in an area of intense perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 50-60

  Ter Kuile, Feiko O ^a   Terlouw, Dianne J ^a   Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^a   Hawley, William A ^a   Friedman, Jennifer F ^b   Kariuki, Simon K ^c   Shi, Ya Ping ^c   Kolczak, Margarette S ^a   Lal, Altaf A ^a   Vulule, John M ^c   Nahlen, Bernard L ^d  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; BED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARASITEMIA; PERMETHRIN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC;

EID: 0037805756     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.50     Document Type: Article

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