Efficacy and user acceptability of transfluthrin-treated sisal and hessian decorations for protecting against mosquito bites in outdoor bars

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Masalu, John P ^a   Finda, Marceline ^a   Okumu, Fredros O ^a,b,c   Minja, Elihaika G ^a   Mmbando, Arnold S ^a   Sikulu Lord, Maggy T ^d   Ogoma, Sheila B ^a,e  

^a IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Early evening biting; Outdoor biting; Residual malaria transmission; Sisal decorative baskets and wall decorations; Transfluthrin; Vector control

Indexed keywords

INSECT REPELLENT; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; FLUOROBENZENE; TRANSFLUTHRIN;

ANOPHELES ARABIENSIS; ANOPHELES FUNESTUS; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BED NET; BREEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULEX; DEVICES; DRUG EFFICACY; HESSIAN; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MOSQUITO BITE; MOSQUITO VECTOR; OUTDOOR BAR; PEST CONTROL; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; SISAL; TANZANIA; VECTOR CONTROL; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PARASITOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CYCLOPROPANES; FLUOROBENZENES; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; INSECT REPELLENTS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; MOSQUITO VECTORS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85018523076     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-017-2132-6     Document Type: Article

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