Insecticide-treated plastic sheeting for emergency malaria prevention and shelter among displaced populations: An observational cohort study in a refugee setting in Sierra Leone

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 242-250

  Burns, Matthew ^a   Rowland, Mark ^b   N'Guessan, Raphael ^b   Carneiro, Ilona ^b   Beeche, Arlyne ^c   Ruiz, Stefani Sesler ^d   Kamara, Sarian ^e   Takken, Willem ^a   Carnevale, Pierre ^f   Allan, Richard ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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

^c INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d MENTOR Initiative   (United Kingdom)

^e National Malaria Control Programme   (Sierra Leone)

^f INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; POLYETHYLENE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMERGENCY SHELTER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSECTICIDE TREATED PLASTIC SHEETING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNTREATED POLYETHYLENE SHEETING;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSECTICIDES; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; NITRILES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYETHYLENE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRETHRINS; REFUGEES; SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 84864880189     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2012.11-0744     Document Type: Article

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