Impact of promoting longer-lasting insecticide treatment of bed nets upon malaria transmission in a rural Tanzanian setting with pre-existing high coverage of untreated nets

Impact of promoting longer-lasting insecticide treatment of bed nets upon malaria transmission in a rural Tanzanian setting with pre-existing high coverage of untreated nets

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The communities of Namawala and Idete villages in southern Tanzania experienced extremely high malaria transmission in the 1990s. By 2001-03, following high usage rates (75% of all age groups) of untreated bed nets, a 4.2-fold reduct...

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Main Authors: Lengeler Christian, Smith Thomas A, Charlwood J Derek, Kihonda Japhet, Chipwaza Beatrice, Maliti Deodatus, Lwetoijera Dickson W, Russell Tanya L, Mwanyangala Mathew A, Nathan Rose, Knols Bart GJ, Takken Willem, Killeen Gerry F
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-06-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/9/1/187

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