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Reducing Visceral Leishmaniasis by Insecticide Impregnation of Bed-Nets, Bangladesh
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Author Affiliations
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, World Health Organization, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Directorate General of Health Services
Published InEmerging infectious diseases
Year2013
Citations45
Abstract
The effect of insecticide-treated materials on reducing visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is disputable. In Bangladesh, we evaluated the effect of a community-based intervention with insecticide impregnation of existing bed-nets in reducing VL incidence. This intervention reduced VL by 66.5%. Widespread bed-net impregnation with slow-release insecticide may control VL in Bangladesh.
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