Efficacy of insecticide impregnated bed-nets to control malaria in a rural forested area in Southern Cameron
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Insecticide-impregnated bed nets act as a physical barrier to repel and kill mosquitos. Community intervention trials suggest that these nets are effective in preventing malaria-related mortality and morbidity--but not malaria infection--in areas of low and moderate transmission; the results from areas of high transmission are not so encouraging. Comparison of the results from these trials and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0074-0276
DOI: 10.1590/s0074-02761992000700061