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SUBMITTER: Loha E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3435347 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Loha Eskindir E Lindtjørn Bernt B
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20120723 3
We assessed potential effects of local meteorological and environmental conditions, indoor residual spraying with insecticides, insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) use at individual and community levels, and individual factors on Plasmodium falciparum malaria incidence in a village in south Ethiopia. A cohort of 8,121 people was followed for 101 weeks with active and passive surveillance. Among 317 microscopically confirmed P. falciparum malaria episodes, 29.3% occurred among temporary residents. Th ...[more]