The use of mosquito nets and the prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum infection in rural South Central Somalia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Noor, Abdisalan M ^a,b   Moloney, Graiine ^c   Borle, Mohamed ^c   Fegan, Greg W ^a,d   Shewchuk, Tanya ^e   Snow, Robert W ^a,b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Food Security Analysis Unit Somalia   (Kenya)

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

^e Somalia Support Centre   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; BED NET; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MANTEL HAENSZEL TEST; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SCALE UP; SOMALIA; ANIMAL; BED; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH SURVEY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED NATIONS;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SOMALIA; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 47749149583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002081     Document Type: Article

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