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House-wall modification after indoor residual spraying in Shashogo district, southern Ethiopia [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background Indoor residual spraying has been a key national malaria prevention and control strategy in Ethiopia. However, there is a gap in monitoring and evaluation of house-wall modification after indoor residual spraying before the end of residual ...
Melesech Amanuel, Sebsibe Tadesse, Aiggan Tamene   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Indoor residual spraying of experimental huts in Cameroon highlights the potential of Fludora® Fusion to control wild pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
Elevated resistance to pyrethroids in major malaria vectors has led to the introduction of novel insecticides including neonicotinoids. There is a fear that efficacy of these new insecticides could be impacted by cross-resistance mechanisms from ...
Thiomela RF, Tchouakui M, Menze BD, Nchoutpouen E, Ngongang-Yipmo ES, Wood O, Horstmann S, Mahob RJ, Fomena A, Wondji CS.   +9 more
europepmc   +3 more sources

Effect of indoor residual spraying on sandfly abundance and incidence of visceral leishmaniasis in India, 2016-22: an interrupted time-series analysis and modelling study. [PDF]

Lancet Infect Dis
Summary Background Efforts to eliminate visceral leishmaniasis in India mainly consist of early detection and treatment of cases and indoor residual spraying with insecticides to kill the phlebotomine sandfly Phlebotomus argentipes that transmits the ...
Coffeng LE, de Vlas SJ, Singh RP, James A, Bindroo J, Sharma NK, Ali A, Singh C, Sharma S, Coleman M.   +9 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Effectiveness of indoor residual spraying on malaria control: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2022
Background Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is one of the key interventions recommended by World Health Organization in preventing malaria infection. We aimed to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of global studies about the impact of IRS on ...
Yiguo Zhou, Wan-Xue Zhang, Elijah Tembo, Ming-Zhu Xie, Shan Zhang, Xin-Rui Wang, Tingqiu Wei, Xin Feng, Yi-Lin Zhang, Juan Du, Yaqiong Liu, Xuan Zhang, F. Cui, Q. Lu   +13 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Indoor residual spraying for malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa 1997 to 2017: an adjusted retrospective analysis

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is a key tool for controlling and eliminating malaria by targeting vectors. To support the development of effective intervention strategies it is important to understand the impact of vector control tools on ...
Julie-Anne A. Tangena, Chantal M. J. Hendriks, Maria Devine, Meghan Tammaro, Anna E. Trett, Ignatius Williams, Adilson José DePina, Achamylesh Sisay, Ramandimbiarijaona Herizo, Hmooda Toto Kafy, Elizabeth Chizema, Allan Were, Jennifer Rozier, Michael Coleman, Catherine L. Moyes   +14 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Clothianidin-resistant Anopheles gambiae adult mosquitoes from Yaoundé, Cameroon, display reduced susceptibility to SumiShield® 50WG, a neonicotinoid formulation for indoor residual spraying. [PDF]

BMC Infect Dis
Background Chronic exposure of mosquito larvae to pesticide residues and cross-resistance mechanisms are major drivers of tolerance to insecticides used for vector control.
Fouet C, Ashu FA, Ambadiang MM, Tchapga W, Wondji CS, Kamdem C.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Determination of the residual efficacy of carbamate and organophosphate insecticides used for indoor residual spraying for malaria control in Ethiopia [PDF]

Malaria Journal, 2017
Background Indoor residual spraying is one of the key vector control interventions for malaria control in Ethiopia. As malaria transmission is seasonal in most parts of Ethiopia, a single round of spraying can usually provide effective protection against
Delenasaw Yewhalaw, Meshesha Balkew, Josephat Shililu, Sultan Suleman, Alemayehu Getachew, Gedeon Ashenbo, Sheleme Chibsa, Gunawardena Dissanayake, Kristen George, Dereje Dengela, Yemane Ye-Ebiyo, Seth R. Irish   +11 more
doaj   +3 more sources

An observational analysis of the impact of indoor residual spraying in Northern, Upper East, and Upper West Regions of Ghana: 2014 through 2017

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background Ghana has been implementing the indoor residual spraying (IRS) of insecticides since 2006, focusing operations in the north. Insecticide resistance concerns prompted a switch from pyrethroids to organophosphates, beginning gradually in 2011 ...
Christelle Gogue, Joseph Wagman, Kenzie Tynuv, Andrew Saibu, Yemane Yihdego, Keziah Malm, Wahjib Mohamed, Welbeck Akplu, Titus Tagoe, Anthony Ofosu, Ignatius Williams, Samuel Asiedu, Jason Richardson, Christen Fornadel, Laurence Slutsker, Molly Robertson   +15 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Small‐scale field evaluation of the entomological efficacy and the residual activity of Fludora®Fusion WP‐SB indoor residual spraying againstAnopheles culicifacies s.l. in Gujarat, India

Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2021
To evaluate the entomological efficacy and the residual activity of indoor residual spraying with Fludora® Fusion 562.5 WP‐SB, a combination formulation containing clothianidin, a neonicotinoid and deltamethrin, a pyrethroid, against the main rural ...
Rajpal Singh Yadav, Raghavendra Kamaraju, Sreehari Uragayala   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

The impact of indoor residual spraying on malaria incidence in East Shoa Zone, Ethiopia [PDF]

Global Health Action, 2012
In Ethiopia, nearly 70% of the population resides in areas prone to malaria infection. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of indoor residual spraying (IRS) on the incidence of malaria in East Shoa Zone of Ethiopia.Data from the registers of malaria cases at Debrezeit Malaria Control Center in East Shoa Zone of Ethiopia were collected
Taye Tolera Balcha, Tefera Belachew
exaly   +6 more sources