Impact of permethrin-treated bed nets on malaria, anemia, and growth in infants 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 68-77

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

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT GAIN; AGE; ANIMAL; BED; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PARASITEMIA; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMODIUM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; PARASITEMIA; PERMETHRIN; PLASMODIUM; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0037831274     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.68     Document Type: Article

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