Malaria transmission pattern resilience to climatic variability is mediated by insecticide-treated nets
Open Access
- 2 June 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 7 (1) , 100
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-100
Abstract
Malaria is an important public-health problem in the archipelago of Vanuatu and climate has been hypothesized as important influence on transmission risk. Beginning in 1988, a major intervention using insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) was implemented in the country in an attempt to reduce Plasmodium transmission. To date, no study has addressed the impact of ITN intervention in Vanuatu, how it may have modified the burden of disease, and whether there were any changes in malaria incidence that might be related to climatic drivers.Keywords
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