Long-lasting Insecticidal Nets to Prevent Visceral Leishmaniasis in the Indian Subcontinent; Methodological Lessons Learned from a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Picado, Albert ^a   Ostyn, Bart ^b   Rijal, Suman ^c   Sundar, Shyam ^d   Singh, Shri Prakash ^d   Chappuis, François ^e   Das, Murari Lal ^c   Khanal, Basudha ^c   Gidwani, Kamlesh ^d   Hasker, Epco ^b   Dujardin, Jean Claude ^b,f   Vanlerberghe, Veerle ^b   Menten, Joris ^b   Coosemans, Marc ^b,f   Boelaert, Marleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^d BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BED NET; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PHLEBOTOMUS ARGENTIPES; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; VECTOR CONTROL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

EID: 84929462820     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003597     Document Type: Article

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