Effect of large-scale installation of deltamethrin-impregnated screens and curtains in Bam, a major focus of anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 444-450

  Noazin, Sassan ^a   Shirzadi, Mohammad Reza ^b,c   Kermanizadeh, Alireza ^d   Yaghoobi Ershadi, Mohammad Reza ^c   Sharifi, Iraj ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d BAM UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anthroponotic leishmaniasis; Insecticide treated bed nets; Insecticide treated curtains; Leishmania tropica; Leishmaniasis control; Vector control

Indexed keywords

DELTAMETHRIN;

ARTICLE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IMPREGNATED CURTAIN; IMPREGNATED SCREEN; INFECTION CONTROL; IRAN; MORBIDITY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANTHROPONOTIC LEISHMANIASIS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BED NETS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED CURTAINS; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS CONTROL; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BEDDING AND LINENS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; IRAN; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; NITRILES; PYRETHRINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84888987885     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt036     Document Type: Article

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