Interdependence of domestic malaria prevention measures and mosquito-human interactions in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Table 2 Protection measures against mosquitoes in urban Dar es Salaam in the past and present, in rural Tanzania and in two Kenyan cities

Location	Net usage		Net treatment status				Window screening				Other protection measures
	%	N	In the last 6 months	More than 6 months	never	intact	Small holes	Big holes	Glass windows	none	Coil	repellent	spray	none
Urban Kenya and Tanzania
Dar es Salaam; 2006^a	78.8	1696	35.9	0.6	63.5	17.3	39.6	14.7	0.4	28	9.2	7.3	15.9	67.6
Dar es Salaam; 1994 [34]	62										52	-	30	18
Kisumu, Kenya; 2001 [99]	56	287				5				95	40	0.008	13	47
Malindi, Kenya; 2001 [99]	69	332				32				68	54	27	5	14
Rural Reference Site
Kilombero, Valley Tanzania;2003 (Killeen et al. unpublished)	74.5	650	4.7	6.6	88.7								1.4^b	98.6

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