The effect of mass mosquito trapping on malaria transmission and disease burden (SolarMal): a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10050, 2016, Pages 1193-1201

  Homan, Tobias ^a   Hiscox, Alexandra ^a   Mweresa, Collins K ^b   Masiga, Daniel ^b   Mukabana, Wolfgang R ^c   Oria, Prisca ^a,b   Maire, Nicolas ^d   Pasquale, Aurelio Di ^d   Silkey, Mariabeth ^d   Alaii, Jane ^e   Bousema, Teun ^f   Leeuwis, Cees ^a   Smith, Thomas A ^d   Takken, Willem ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e Context Factor Solutions ^*  (Kenya)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; FRAGRANCE;

ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FEVER; GOVERNMENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; KENYA; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOLAR POWERED ODOUR BAITED MOSQUITO TRAPPING SYSTEM; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; COST OF ILLNESS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTOR; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; COST OF ILLNESS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; KENYA; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; ODORANTS; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84992396742     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30445-7     Document Type: Article

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