An Epidemiological Model of the Effects of Insecticide-Treated Bed Nets on Malaria Transmission.

Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) have become a central tool for malaria control because they provide personal and community-wide protection through their repellent and insecticidal properties. Here we propose a model that allows to assess the relative importance of those two effects in different...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Philip L G Birget, Jacob C Koella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0144173