Pyrethroid-impregnated curtains for Chagas' disease control in Venezuela

Acta Tropica

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Herber, Oliver ^a   Kroeger, Axel ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease vectors; Latin America; Preference in vector protection; Pyrethroid impregnated curtains

Indexed keywords

PYRETHROID;

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE CONTROL; IMPREGNATED BEDNET; INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ARTICLE; BED NET; BEHAVIOR; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMMUNITY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFESTATION; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; POPULATION; PROTECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RHODNIUS; RURAL AREA; TRIATOMINAE; VENEZUELA; ZOOLOGY;

VENEZUELA;

RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS PROLIXUS; RHODNIUS ROBUSTUS;

EID: 0041464671     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(03)00193-1     Document Type: Article

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