Vector control by insecticide-treated nets in the fight against visceral leishmaniasis in the Indian subcontinent, what is the evidence?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1073-1085

  Ostyn, Bart ^a   Vanlerberghe, Veerle ^a   Picado, Albert ^b   Dinesh, Diwakar Singh ^c   Sundar, Shyam ^d   Chappuis, François ^e   Rijal, Suman ^f   Dujardin, Jean Claude ^a   Coosemans, Marc ^a   Boelaert, Marleen ^a   Davies, Clive ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

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

^c RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

India; Indoor residual spraying; Insecticide susceptibility; Insecticide treated nets; Leishmania donovani; Nepal; Phlebotomus argentipes; Review; Vector control; Visceral leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

BENDIOCARB; CHLORPHENOTANE; CYHALOTHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; DIELDRIN; LINDANE; MALATHION; PERMETHRIN;

DISEASE VECTOR; FLY; INSECTICIDE; LEISHMANIASIS; PEST CONTROL; SPRAY;

ARTICLE; BED NET; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; INDIA; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; BEDDING AND LINENS; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT REPELLENTS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEPAL; PHLEBOTOMUS;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; BIHAR; EURASIA; INDIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PEPEROMIA PELLUCIDA; PHLEBOTOMUS ARGENTIPES;

EID: 48349089423     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02110.x     Document Type: Article

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