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01-09-2014 | Poster presentation
Vector control using LLIN/ITN: reduction of malaria morbidity in Bangladesh
Authors:
Mohammad Moktadir Kabir, Shamsun Naher, Akramul Islam, Abdul Karim, Mohammad Harun-Or Rasid, Shahidul Islam Laskar
Published in:
Malaria Journal
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Special Issue 1/2014
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Excerpt
Malaria is one of the major public health concerns due to re-emergence of the disease in Bangladesh in the 1990s. Currently it is endemic in 13 out of 64 administrative districts bordering India and Myanmar. Three hill tract districts (Khagrachhari, Rangmati, Bandarban) in the south-eastern part of the country report the highest incidences. The overall prevalence rate is 3.1% in the 13 endemic districts and 11% in 3 hill districts. …