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Permethrin-treated bed nets (mosquito nets) prevent malaria in Gambian children.

Abstract:

The incidence of clinical attacks of malaria was significantly less in Gambian children aged 1-9 years who slept in villages where all the bed nets (mosquito nets) were treated with permethrin than in children who slept in control villages with placebo-treated nets. Significant differences in changes in spleen size and in packed cell volume were also observed between the 2 groups during the course of a rainy season. No side effect was noted. Treatment of bed nets with insecticide is a form of...

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10.1016/0035-9203(88)90011-9

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
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Journal:
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene More from this journal
Volume:
82
Issue:
6
Pages:
838-842
Publication date:
1988-01-01
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EISSN:
1878-3503
ISSN:
0035-9203
Language:
English
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pubs:102356
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uuid:006465e4-4e3a-47f6-ab86-295a10c3553c
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pubs:102356
Source identifiers:
102356
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2012-12-19

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