Personal protection by long-lasting insecticidal hammocks against the bites of forest malaria vectors

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 336-341

  Sochantha, T ^a   Van Bortel, W ^b   Savonnaroth, S ^a   Marcotty, T ^b   Speybroeck, N ^b   Coosemans, M ^b  

^a National Center for Parasitology Entomology and Malaria Control   (Cambodia)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cambodia; Hammock; Long lasting insecticidal net; Malaria; Prevention; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENTOMOLOGY; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BED NET; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; FOREST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INSECT BITE; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; SEASON; SITTING; SLEEP TIME; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BEDDING AND LINENS; CAMBODIA; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; TREES;

ANOPHELES MINIMUS;

EID: 77249111241     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02457.x     Document Type: Article

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