Effectiveness of insecticide-treated bednets in malaria prevention in Haiti: a case-control study

• Main Authors: Laura C Steinhardt, DrPhD (Author), Yvan St Jean, BSc (Author), Daniel Impoinvil, PhD (Author), Kimberly E Mace, PhD (Author), Ryan Wiegand, MS (Author), Curtis S Huber, MS (Author), Jean Semé Fils Alexandre, MD (Author), Joseph Frederick, BSc (Author), Emery Nkurunziza, MBA (Author), Samuel Jean, MS (Author), Brian Wheeler, MPH (Author), Ellen Dotson, PhD (Author), Laurence Slutsker, MD (Author), S Patrick Kachur, MD (Author), John W Barnwell, PhD (Author), Jean Frantz Lemoine, MD (Author), Michelle A Chang, MD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) are effective in preventing malaria where vectors primarily bite indoors and late at night, but their effectiveness is uncertain where vectors bite outdoors and earlier in the evening. We studied the effectiveness of ITNs following a mass distr...