The evidence for improving housing to reduce malaria: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Tusting, Lucy S ^a   Ippolito, Matthew M ^b   Willey, Barbara A ^a   Kleinschmidt, Immo ^a   Dorsey, Grant ^c   Gosling, Roly D ^d   Lindsay, Steve W ^e  

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

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Eaves; House; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Socio economic; Vector

Indexed keywords

GROUPS BY AGE; HOME; HOUSING; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; META ANALYSIS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; STANDARDS;

HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84934889117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0724-1     Document Type: Review

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