Vector control in a malaria epidemic occurring within a complex emergency situation in Burundi: A case study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Protopopoff, Natacha ^a,b   Van Herp, Michel ^b   Maes, Peter ^b   Reid, Tony ^b   Baza, Dismas ^c   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^a   Van Bortel, Wim ^a   Coosemans, Marc ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^c Ministry of Health   (Burundi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN; INSECTICIDE;

ADULT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; BED; BURUNDI; DISEASE CARRIER; DISINFECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MOSQUITO;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEDDING AND LINENS; BURUNDI; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 36048986016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-93     Document Type: Article

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