Malaria
Bed nets dramatically reduce malaria exposure in Kenyan infants
Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, July 6th, 2003
According to published research from the United States, Kenya, and the Netherlands, "As part of a community-based, group-randomized, controlled trial of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) in an area with intense malaria transmission in western Kenya, a birth cohort (n=833) was followed monthly until the age of 24 months to determine the potential beneficial and adverse effects of reduced malaria exposure during pregnancy and infancy."
"Malaria transmission and morbidity were comparable pre-intervention," said Feiko O. Ter...
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