Indoor Residual Spraying in Combination with Insecticide-Treated Nets Compared to Insecticide-Treated Nets Alone for Protection against Malaria: A Cluster Randomised Trial in Tanzania

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  West, Philippa A ^a   Protopopoff, Natacha ^a   Wright, Alexandra ^a   Kivaju, Zuhura ^b   Tigererwa, Robinson ^c   Mosha, Franklin W ^d   Kisinza, William ^b   Rowland, Mark ^a   Kleinschmidt, Immo ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c Muleba District Medical Office Department of Health   (Tanzania)

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDIOCARB; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MORTALITY; PATHOGEN LOAD; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PROTECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TANZANIA; ANIMAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SEASON; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULICIDAE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PHENYLCARBAMATES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84900390667     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001630     Document Type: Article

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