Estimating the number of insecticide-treated nets required by African households to reach continent-wide malaria coverage targets

JAMA

Volumn 297, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2241-2250

  Miller, John M ^a,b,f   Korenromp, Eline L ^c,d   Nahlen, Bernard L ^c   Steketee, Richard W ^e  

^a National Malaria Control Centre   (Zambia)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Batiment Avant Centre   (France)

^f PATH MACEPA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; BED NET; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BED; FAMILY SIZE; FORECASTING; INFANT; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; RISK;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; RISK;

EID: 34249692074     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.297.20.2241     Document Type: Review

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