Effectiveness of Personal Protection Measures against Mosquito Bites for Malaria Prophylaxis in Travelers
Open Access
- 1 December 1998
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Travel Medicine
- Vol. 5 (4) , 188-192
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1708-8305.1998.tb00505.x
Abstract
Background. To determine the effectiveness of personal protection measures (PPM) against mosquito bites in travelers as tools of malaria prevention.MetKeywords
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