Efficacy of permethrin-treated bed nets in the prevention of mortality in young children in an area of high perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2003, Pages 23-29

  Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^a   Nahlen, Bernard L ^c   Kolczak, Margarette S ^a   Hightower, Allen W ^a   Ter Kuile, Feiko O ^a   Alaii, Jane A ^b   Gimnig, John E ^a   Arudo, John ^b   Vulule, John M ^b   Odhacha, Amos ^b   Kachur, S Patrick ^a   Schoute, Erik ^b   Rosen, Daniel H ^b   Sexton, John D ^a   Oloo, Aggrey J ^b   Hawley, William A ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; BED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON;

PROTOZOA;

BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; PERMETHRIN; SEASONS;

EID: 0038713402     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.23     Document Type: Article

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