Quantifying behavioural interactions between humans and mosquitoes: Evaluating the protective efficacy of insecticidal nets against malaria transmission in rural Tanzania

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Killeen, Gerry F ^a,b,c   Kihonda, Japhet ^a   Lyimo, Edith ^a   Oketch, Fred R ^d   Kotas, Maya E ^e   Mathenge, Evan ^f   Schellenberg, Joanna A ^a,g   Lengeler, Christian ^b   Smith, Thomas A ^b   Drakeley, Chris J ^h  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^e Yale University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

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

^h NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALARIA; NIGHT SLEEP; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROCESS MODEL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLISHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SLEEP PATTERN; SOCIAL MARKETING; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA;

EID: 34249030823     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-161     Document Type: Article

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