Effect of village-wide use of long-lasting insecticidal nets on visceral Leishmaniasis vectors in India and Nepal: A cluster randomized trial

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Picado, Albert ^a   Das, Murari L ^b   Kumar, Vijay ^c   Kesari, Shreekant ^c   Dinesh, Diwakar S ^c   Roy, Lalita ^b   Rijal, Suman ^b   Das, Pradeep ^c   Rowland, Mark ^a   Sundar, Shyam ^d   Coosemans, Marc ^e   Boelaert, Marleen ^e   Davies, Clive R ^a  

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

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

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

^d BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BED NET; CATTLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INSECTICIDAL NET; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHLEBOTOMUS; POPULATION DENSITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS; ANIMAL; BED; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE CARRIER; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY;

INSECTICIDE;

ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; CATTLE; INDIA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEPAL; PHLEBOTOMUS;

EID: 76249105707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000587     Document Type: Article

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