Short report: Insecticide-treated nets can reduce malaria transmission by mosquitoes which feed outdoors

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 415-419

  Govella, Nicodem J ^a,b   Okumu, Fredros O ^a,c   Killeen, Gerry F ^a,b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BED NET; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOSQUITO; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VECTOR; ANIMAL; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; TANZANIA;

EID: 77949778594     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0579     Document Type: Article

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