DEET mosquito repellent provides personal protection against malaria: A household randomized trial in an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 335-342

  Rowland, Mark ^a,b   Downey, Gerald ^b   Rab, Abdur ^a   Freeman, Tim ^a   Mohammad, Nasir ^a   Rehman, Hamid ^a   Durrani, Naeem ^a   Reyburn, Hugh ^a,b   Curtis, Chris ^b   Lines, Jo ^b   Fayaz, Mohammad ^a  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

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

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trial; Di ethyl 3 methyl benzamide; Emergency; Epidemic; Malaria; Mosquito; Refugee; Repellent

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; INSECT REPELLENT; MOSBAR; PERMETHRIN; PLACEBO; WATER OIL CREAM;

DISEASE CONTROL; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; REFUGEE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOTION; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAKISTAN; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFUGEE; RELAPSE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEET; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PAKISTAN; RECURRENCE; REFUGEES;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 12144286336     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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