Geographical Factors Affecting Bed Net Ownership, a Tool for the Elimination of Anopheles-Transmitted Lymphatic Filariasis in Hard-to-Reach Communities

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Stanton, Michelle C ^a   Bockarie, Moses J ^a   Kelly Hope, Louise A ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRPORT; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BED NET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RAILWAY; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DEMOGRAPHY; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOSQUITO CONTROL; NEGLECTED DISEASES; OWNERSHIP; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84872144511     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053755     Document Type: Article

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