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ArticleMalaria journal2016

The effects of electricity network development besides routine malaria control measures in an underdeveloped region in the pre-elimination phase.

Shahrokh Izadi

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Article in Malaria journal, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Some probable factors affecting the malaria situation before and at the beginning of a pre-elimination program in southeastern Iran.Journal of parasitic diseases : official organ of the Indian Society for Parasitology · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shahrokh IzadiHealth Promotion Research Centre, School of Public Health, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, P.O. Box 98155-759, Iran. izadish@yahoo.com.
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe main purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of electricity network development on malaria transmission. The study was performed in the rural areas of three districts in Sistan-va-Baluchestan Province, Iran.

methodsFrom the mentioned districts, 122 rural communities were selected. The data of the years 2005-2009 were collected retrospectively from data banks of the district health centres and the offices of the local electricity network. Fixed and random effects panel data regression models were fitted to determine the effects of electrification and other variables on malaria transmission during the elimination phase.

resultsIt seems that access to electricity of rural communities, if not harmful, has no obvious effect on malaria control and prevention at least during the elimination phase in an underdeveloped region. Elevation above sea level and precipitation during spring and summer were found to be the other important, respectively, time-invariant and time-dependent variables associated with decreasing and increasing malaria transmission. Indoor residual spraying and the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets were not found to be effective in decreasing malaria transmission in the elimination phase.

conclusionsThe introduction of electricity to a rural community does not guarantee an absolutely good effect on the reduction of malaria transmission.

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Electric Power SuppliesMosquito ControlRural PopulationAnimalsAnophelesHumansIncidenceInsecticidesInsecticide-Treated BednetsInsect VectorsIranMalariaModels, TheoreticalPrevalenceInsecticidesDevelopmentElectricityEpidemiologyMalariaSpraying

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PMID27091331
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