DeCS

Descriptor English:

Insecticide-Treated Bednets

Descriptor Spanish:

Mosquiteros Tratados con Insecticida

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	mosquiteras de cama con insecticidas
Entry term(s)	mosquiteras de cama tratadas con insecticidas
Scope note:	Tejido de malla ligero, confeccionado con algodón, seda, poliéster, nilón (poliamidas) u otros materiales, e impregnado con insecticida, con un diámetro interno de las mallas suficientemente reducido como para impedir el paso de mosquitos y otros insectos, que protege frente a picaduras y enfermedades transmitidas por insectos.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Mosquiteiros Tratados com Inseticida

Descriptor French:

Moustiquaires de lit traitées aux insecticides

Entry term(s):

Moustiquaires traitées

Tree number(s):

E07.700.510.500

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057148

Scope note:

Lightweight meshwork fabric made of cotton, silk, polyester, nylon (polyamides), or other material impregnated with insecticide, having openings too small to allow entry of mosquitoes or other insects, thereby offering protection against insect bite and insect-borne diseases.

Allowable Qualifiers:

AE effets indésirables
CL classification
EC économie
ES éthique
HI histoire
MI microbiologie
PS parasitologie
SD ressources et distribution
SN statistiques et données numériques
ST normes
TD tendances
VE médecine vétérinaire
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

53735

Unique ID:

D057148

Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL):

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Date Established:

2010/01/01

Date of Entry:

2009/07/06

Revision Date:

2013/07/08