Use of integrated malaria management reduces malaria in Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Okech, Bernard A ^a,d   Mwobobia, Isaac K ^a   Kamau, Anthony ^b   Muiruri, Samuel ^c   Mutiso, Noah ^c   Nyambura, Joyce ^a   Mwatele, Cassian ^a   Amano, Teruaki ^a   Mwandawiro, Charles S ^a  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BED NET; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; ANTIMALARIALS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH;

EID: 58149267658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004050     Document Type: Article

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