The hygienic house: mosquito-proofing with screens

Editorial

Ned Walker. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Nov.

. 2010 Nov;83(5):963-4.

doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0405.

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Comment on

Social acceptability and durability of two different house screening interventions against exposure to malaria vectors, Plasmodium falciparum infection, and anemia in children in the Gambia, West Africa.
Kirby MJ, Bah P, Jones CO, Kelly AH, Jasseh M, Lindsay SW. Kirby MJ, et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Nov;83(5):965-72. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.10-0311. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010. PMID: 21036822 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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