Long-term effects of malaria prevention with insecticide-treated mosquito nets on morbidity and mortality in African children: Randomised controlled trial

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 733-741

  Louis, Valérie R ^a   Bals, Joëlle ^a   Tiendrebéogo, Justin ^b   Bountogo, Mamadou ^b   Ramroth, Heribert ^a   De Allegri, Manuela ^a   Traoré, Corneille ^c   Beiersmann, Claudia ^a   Coulibaly, Boubacar ^b   Yé, Maurice ^b   Jahn, Albrecht ^a   Becher, Heiko ^a   Müller, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN SANTÉ DE NOUNA   (Burkina Faso)

^c De la Protection Sociale et de la Mutualité ^*  (Burkina Faso)

Author keywords

Africa; Birth cohort; Burkina Faso; Child health; Children; Immunity; Insecticide treated mosquito nets; Malaria control; Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; IMMUNITY; INSECTICIDE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOSQUITO; RISK FACTOR; SURVEY;

ARTICLE; ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION; BED NET; BIRTH; CHILD; DEATH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANCY; INFANT; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MIGRATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEASON;

BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

BURKINA FASO;

EID: 84861704562     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.02990.x     Document Type: Article

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