Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 96, Issue 4 , Pages 368-369 , July 2002

Re-treatment of mosquito nets with insecticide

  • Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg, Orchard Ground Cottage, Silver Street, Cublington LU7 0LJ, UK; phone +44 (0)1296 681160, fax +44 (0)1296 681099.
    • Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
    • Swiss Tropical Institute, Socinstrasse 57, Postfach, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
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  • Happiness Minja

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    • Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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  • Haji Mponda

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    • Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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  • Nassor Kikumbih

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    • Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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  • Adiel Mushi

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    • Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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  • Rose Nathan

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    • Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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  • Salim Abdulla

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    • Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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  • Oscar Mukasa

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    • Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
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  • Tanya J. Marchant

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    • Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, P.O. Box 53, Ifakara, Tanzania
    • Swiss Tropical Institute, Socinstrasse 57, Postfach, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
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  • Marcel Tanner

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    • Swiss Tropical Institute, Socinstrasse 57, Postfach, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland
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  • Christian Lengeler

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    • Swiss Tropical Institute, Socinstrasse 57, Postfach, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland

Received 23 November 2001 ,Revised 24 January 2002 ,Accepted 24 January 2002.

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Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume 96, Issue 4 , Pages 368-369 , July 2002

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