Vector-control personnel's knowledge, perceptions and practices towards insecticides used for indoor residual spraying in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Hlongwana, Khumbulani W ^a   Mavundza, Edison J ^a   Mohapi, Elda P ^a,d   Kruger, Phillip ^b   Urbach, Jasson ^c   Mukaratirwa, Samson ^d   Maharaj, Rajendra ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b Department of Health   (South Africa)

^c Africa Fighting Malaria   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Attitudes and practices (KAP); Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT); Indoor residual spraying (IRS); Insecticides; Knowledge; Malaria; Vector control workers

Indexed keywords

CIPERMETHRIN; DELTAMETHRIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; KNOWLEDGE; LIBIDO DISORDER; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRURITUS; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN IRRITATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; VECTOR CONTROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876697615     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-118     Document Type: Article

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