A trial of bed nets (mosquito nets) as a malaria control strategy in a rural area of The Gambia, West Africa.

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An intervention trial was undertaken in a rural area of The Gambia to assess the impact on malaria morbidity of the use of bed nets. Bed nets were allocated at random among a group of 16 Fula hamlets, where they were previously rarely used. The incidence of febrile episodes with associated malaria parasitaemias throughout the rainy season and the prevalence of splenomegaly and parasitaemia at the end of the rainy season were determined in 233 children aged 1-9 years who slept under bed nets a...

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Authors: Snow, R; Rowan, K; Lindsay, S; Greenwood, B

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Volume: 82
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 212-215
• Publication date: 1988-01-01
• DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(88)90414-2
• EISSN: 1878-3503
• ISSN: 0035-9203
• Language: English
• Keywords: Child, Preschool; Seasons; Clinical Trials as Topic; Mosquito Control; Rural Population; Humans; Gambia; Health Surveys; Protective Devices; Child; Random Allocation; Malaria; Infant