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doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001088.
Epub 2011 Sep 6.
African malaria control programs deliver ITNs and achieve what the clinical trials predicted
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African malaria control programs deliver ITNs and achieve what the clinical trials predicted
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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