House design and risk of malaria, acute respiratory infection and gastrointestinal illness in Uganda: A cohort study.

House construction is rapidly modernizing across Africa but the potential benefits for human health are poorly understood. We hypothesised that improvements to housing would be associated with reductions in malaria, acute respiratory infection (ARI) and gastrointestinal illness in an area of low mal...

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Main Authors: Alex K Musiime, Paul J Krezanoski, David L Smith, Maxwell Kilama, Melissa D Conrad, Geoffrey Otto, Patrick Kyagamba, Jackson Asiimwe, John Rek, Joaniter I Nankabirwa, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Anne M Akol, Moses R Kamya, Sarah G Staedke, Chris Drakeley, Teun Bousema, Steve W Lindsay, Grant Dorsey, Lucy S Tusting
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000063