Use of insecticide-treated bednets in an urban coastal area of Puducherry, India: A cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Suman Saurabh (Author), S Ganesh Kumar (Author), Swaroop Kumar Sahu (Author), Suresh Thapaliya (Author), S Sudharsanan (Author), T Vasanthan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Use of Insecticide-Treated Bednets (ITNs) has been shown to reduce the incidence of mosquito-borne diseases. However, the impact of ITNs depends on its community acceptance. We studied the ITN usage and factors influencing it, following the distribution of one ITN to each family in an urban area of...