Are insecticide treated bednets failing?

The Lancet Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 512-513

  Thiam, Sylla ^a   Shoo, Rumishael ^a   Carter, Jane ^a  

^a AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AFRICA; AWARENESS; BED NET; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; LETTER; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MONITORING; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VECTOR CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZOOLOGY; ANIMAL; FEMALE; NOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 84862749214     PISSN: 14733099     EISSN: 14744457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(12)70107-X     Document Type: Letter

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