Insecticide-treated net (ITN) ownership, usage, and malaria transmission in the highlands of western Kenya

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Atieli, Harrysone E ^a,c   Zhou, Guofa ^b   Afrane, Yaw ^a   Lee, Ming Chieh ^b   Mwanzo, Isaac ^c   Githeko, Andrew K ^a   Yan, Guiyun ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; RAIN;

ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PLASMODIUM; SEASONAL VARIATION; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OWNERSHIP; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 79958807909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-4-113     Document Type: Article

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