The impact of hotspot-targeted interventions on malaria transmission: Study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bousema, Teun ^a,b   Stevenson, Jennifer ^a   Baidjoe, Amrish ^b   Stresman, Gillian ^a   Griffin, Jamie T ^c   Kleinschmidt, Immo ^a   Remarque, Edmond J ^d   Vulule, John ^e   Bayoh, Nabie ^e   Laserson, Kayla ^e,f   Desai, Meghna ^e,f   Sauerwein, Robert ^b   Drakeley, Chris ^a   Cox, Jonathan ^a  

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

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Elimination; Epidemiology; Eradication; Falciparum; Heterogeneity; Immunology; Malaria; Molecular; Transmission

Indexed keywords

APICAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN 1; INSECTICIDE; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BED NET; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENSITY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCREENING;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 84873024130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-36     Document Type: Article

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