Effect of Bednets and Indoor Residual Spraying on Spatio-Temporal Clustering of Malaria in a Village in South Ethiopia: A Longitudinal Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Loha, Eskindir ^a,b   Lunde, Torleif Markussen ^b   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^b  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTAMETHRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; BREEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DDT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALARIA; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NITRILES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 84867416832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047354     Document Type: Article

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