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Comment
. 2011 Sep;8(9):e1001088.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001088. Epub 2011 Sep 6.

African malaria control programs deliver ITNs and achieve what the clinical trials predicted

Thomas P Eisele  1 , Richard W Steketee
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Comment

African malaria control programs deliver ITNs and achieve what the clinical trials predicted

Thomas P Eisele et al. PLoS Med. 2011 Sep.

Abstract

Thomas Eisele and Richard Steketee discuss new research in PLoS Medicine by Stephen Lim and colleagues that examined the association of insecticide-treated nets with the reduction of P. falciparum prevalence in children under 5 and all-cause post-neonatal mortality.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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