In this week’s press release:
- Bed nets for adults and older children key to tackling malaria
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Based on malaria transmission models, Gerry Killeen and colleagues suggest that, while coverage of pregnant women and children should still be prioritized, wide-scale communal use of insecticide-treated bed nets would provide considerable benefit to vulnerable groups and should be promoted and evaluated in the field.
Citation: Killeen GF, Smith TA, Ferguson HM, Mshinda H, Abdulla S, et al. (2007) Preventing childhood malaria in Africa by protecting adults from mosquitoes with insecticide treated nets. PLoS Med 4(7): e229.
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Durham University
School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
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Durham DH1 3LE
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