Do topical repellents divert mosquitoes within a community? - Health equity implications of topical repellents as a mosquito bite prevention tool

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Maia, Marta Ferreira ^a,b,c   Onyango, Sangoro Peter ^c,d   Thele, Max ^c   Simfukwe, Emmanuel Titus ^c   Turner, Elizabeth Louise ^e   Moore, Sarah Jane ^a,b,c  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

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

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; INSECT REPELLENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ETHNIC GROUP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSECT CONTROL; LOTION; MOSQUITO BITE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; TANZANIA; TANZANIAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; DEET; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT REPELLENTS; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84893195208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084875     Document Type: Article

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