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What Is Threatening the Effectiveness of Insecticide-Treated Bednets? A Case-Control Study of Environmental, Behavioral, and Physical Factors Associated with Prevention Failure

BACKGROUND: Insecticide-treated nets are the cornerstone of global malaria control and have been shown to reduce malaria morbidity by 50–60%. However, some areas are experiencing a resurgence in malaria following successful control. We describe an efficacy decay framework to understand why high mala...

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Autores principales: Obala, Andrew A., Mangeni, Judith Nekesa, Platt, Alyssa, Aswa, Daniel, Abel, Lucy, Namae, Jane, Prudhomme O'Meara, Wendy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26171962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0132778