Insecticide-impregnated dog collars reduce infantile clinical visceral leishmaniasis under operational conditions in NW Iran: A community-wide cluster randomised trial.
OBJECTIVE:To assess the effectiveness of community-wide deployment of insecticide-impregnated collars for dogs- the reservoir of Leishmania infantum-to reduce infantile clinical visceral leishmaniasis (VL). METHODS:A pair matched-cluster randomised controlled trial involving 40 collared and 40 uncol...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-03-01
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| Series: | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6417739?pdf=render |