Assessment of the effect of larval source management and house improvement on malaria transmission when added to standard malaria control strategies in southern Malawi: study protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

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Published in BMC Infect Dis on September 22, 2017

Authors

Robert S McCann1,2,3, Henk van den Berg4, Peter J Diggle5, Michèle van Vugt6, Dianne J Terlouw7,8, Kamija S Phiri9, Aurelio Di Pasquale10,11, Nicolas Maire10,11, Steven Gowelo9, Monicah M Mburu4,9, Alinune N Kabaghe9,6, Themba Mzilahowa9, Michael G Chipeta9,5,8, Willem Takken4

Author Affiliations

1: Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands. robert.mccann@wur.nl.
2: College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi. robert.mccann@wur.nl.
3: Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University and Research, PO Box 16, 6700, AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands. robert.mccann@wur.nl.
4: Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
5: Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK.
6: Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
7: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, UK.
8: Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust, Blantyre, Malawi.
9: College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi.
10: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland.
11: University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.

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