Social acceptability and durability of two different house screening interventions against exposure to malaria vectors, Plasmodium falciparum infection, and anemia in children in The Gambia, West Africa

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 965-972

  Kirby, Matthew J ^a   Bah, Pateh ^b   Jones, Caroline O H ^a   Kelly, Ann H ^a   Jasseh, Momodou ^b   Lindsay, Steve W ^a  

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

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AMBIENT AIR; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION; HEAT; HOUSE SCREENING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GAMBIA; HOUSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE;

HEXAPODA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

INSECTICIDE;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; FOCUS GROUPS; GAMBIA; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79952044139     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0311     Document Type: Article

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