Child mortality in a West African population protected with insecticide-treated curtains for a period of up to 6 years

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 85-91

  Diallo, D A ^a   Cousens, S N ^b   Cuzin Ouattara, N ^c   Nebie I ^c   Ilboudo Sanogo, E ^c   Esposito, F ^d  

^a Ctr Natl Rech/Form Paludisme   (Burkina Faso)

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

^c Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Bedding and linens utilization statistics; Child, Preschool; Infant mortality; Malaria, Falciparum prevention and control transmission; Malaria epidemiology mortality; Mosquito control; Permethrin; Plasmodium falciparum immunology

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

CHILD MORTALITY; DISEASE CONTROL; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEDDING AND LINENS; BURKINA FASO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 1442340186     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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