The Indian and Nepalese programmes of indoor residual spraying for the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis: Performance and effectiveness

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-45

  Chowdhury, R ^a,b   Huda, M M ^c   Kumar, V ^d   Das, P ^d   Joshi, A B ^e   Banjara, M R ^e   Akhter, S ^a   Kroeger, A ^b,f   Krishnakumari, B ^g   Petzold, M ^h   Mondal, D ^c   Das, M L ⁱ  

^a National Institute of Preventive and Social Medicine   (Bangladesh)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

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

^e TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^h NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

ⁱ B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYHALOTHRIN;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIAN; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PHLEBOTOMUS; PSYCHODIDAE; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INDIA; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDES; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; NEPAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHODIDAE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

PHLEBOTOMINAE;

EID: 79551710644     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/136485911X12899838683124     Document Type: Article

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