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Unforeseen misuses of bed nets in fishing villages along Lake Victoria
BACKGROUND: To combat malaria, the Kenya Ministry of Health and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have distributed insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) for use over beds, with coverage for children under five years of age increasing rapidly. Nevertheless, residents of fishing villages have started to...
Autores principales: | Minakawa, Noboru, Dida, Gabriel O, Sonye, Gorge O, Futami, Kyoko, Kaneko, Satoshi |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2532690/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18752662 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-165 |
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