Netting barriers to prevent mosquito entry into houses in southern Mozambique: A pilot study

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kampango, Ayubo ^a,f   Bragança, Mauro ^b,c   Sousa, Bruno De ^b,d   Charlwood, J Derek ^a,e,g  

^a MOZDAN (Mozambican Danish Rural Malaria Project)   (Mozambique)

^b Centro de Mala ria e outras Doenc as Tropicais   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE LUSÓFONA DE HUMANIDADES E TECNOLOGIAS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^g LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Anopheles funestus; Anopheles gambiae s.l; House entry rate; Netting barriers

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN;

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BED NET; CLOTHING; ILLUMINATION; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; MOZAMBIQUE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; HOUSING; HUMANS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO NETS; MOZAMBIQUE; PILOT PROJECTS; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 84874936200     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-99     Document Type: Article

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