The effectiveness of long-lasting, insecticide-treated nets in a setting of pyrethroid resistance: a case-control study among febrile children 6 to 59 months of age in Machinga District, Malawi

Malaria Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mathanga, Don P ^a   Mwandama, Dyson A ^a   Bauleni, Andy ^a   Chisaka, Joseph ^a   Shah, Monica P ^b   Landman, Keren Z ^b   Lindblade, Kim A ^b   Steinhardt, Laura C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Febrile children; Long lasting insecticide treated nets; Malaria; Prevention; Pyrethroid resistance

Indexed keywords

PYRETHROID; INSECTICIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BED; BED NET; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFANT; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALAWI; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE EXAMINATION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTECTION; SOCIAL STATUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INCIDENCE; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INSECTICIDE RESISTANCE; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; INSECTICIDES; MALARIA; MALAWI; MALE; PYRETHRINS;

EID: 84947230241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-0961-3     Document Type: Article

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