A need for better housing to further reduce indoor malaria transmission in areas with high bed net coverage

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Lwetoijera, Dickson W ^a,b   Kiware, Samson S ^a,c   Mageni, Zawadi D ^a   Dongus, Stefan ^a,b   Harris, Caroline ^a,b   Devine, Gregor J ^d   Majambere, Silas ^a,b  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d QUEENSLAND HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anopheles funestus; Anopheles gambiae s.l.; House risk factors; ITNs; Malaria

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOUSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; AEROSOL; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; BED NET; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RURAL POPULATION;

INSECTICIDE;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA;

EID: 84874636541     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-57     Document Type: Article

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