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Insecticide-treated bed-nets for malaria mosquito control.

open access: yesJournal of the American Mosquito Control Association, 2006
Pyrethroid-treated bed-nets act against late-night biting mosquitoes, like traps baited by the body odor of the occupant. The personal protective effect of treated nets is considerable, even if they are torn. However, some biting of the occupants does occur, as shown by matching microsatellite alleles in mosquito blood meals to those of net occupants ...
C A Maxwell, S M Magesa, T J Wilkes
exaly   +3 more sources

The effect of insecticide-treated bed nets on mortality of Gambian children

Lancet, The, 1991
Insecticide treatment of bed nets ("mosquito nets") may be a cheap and acceptable method of reducing the morbidity and mortality caused by malaria. In a rural area of The Gambia, bed nets in villages participating in a primary health-care (PHC) scheme were treated with permethrin at the beginning of the malaria transmission season.
Greg Fegan, F C Shenton, P L Alonso
exaly   +5 more sources

INSECTICIDE-TREATED BED NETS

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2003
Malaria remains one of the world’s most significant health and development problems. More than 2.4 billion of the world’s population residing in 100 countries or territories are at risk of malaria. This results in an estimated 300−500 million clinical cases each year, 90% of which occur in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. 1 In these high-burden areas
Bernard L Nahlen, David Alnwick
exaly   +3 more sources

Insecticide-treated bed nets and curtains for preventing malaria

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1998
Malaria is an important cause of illness and death in many parts of the world, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. There has been a renewed emphasis on preventive measures at community and individual levels. Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are the most prominent malaria preventive measure for large-scale deployment in highly endemic areas.To assess the ...
openaire   +6 more sources

A comparison of the efficacy of insecticide-treated and untreated bed nets in preventing malaria in Gambian children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1995
An evaluation of the Gambian national insecticide bed net programme, which has introduced insecticide treatment of bed nets into all primary health care (PHC) villages in The Gambia, provided an opportunity to compare the individual risk of malaria in children who slept under untreated or insecticide-treated bed nets.
U, D'Alessandro   +6 more
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Beyond insecticide treated bed nets coverage to heterogeneous human behaviors and spatial realities

open access: yesFrontiers in Malaria
IntroductionInsecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) are a cost-efficient prevention method used to prevent malaria, yet their use in poorly urbanized and slum areas remains low. For instance, in these areas in Accra, Ghana, less than 2% of children sleep under fully functional ITNs. Thus, the expected drop in malaria prevalence in Accra and the rest of the
Christian Borgemeister
exaly   +3 more sources

Perceived Threat of Malaria and the Use of Insecticide Treated Bed Nets in Nigeria

2014
Using multiple qualitative methods, this study investigated the perceived threat and perceived susceptibility of children under five years of age to malaria, and willingness of the caregivers to use the ITNs in the prevention of malaria in selected rural and urban areas of Nigeria.
Abdullahi, AA   +2 more
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Parents' perception on use of insecticide-treated bed net in Port Harcourt

2012
Background: Insecticide treated bed nets (ITN) are protective against malaria, but they are poorly utilized. The utilization of the nets, especially by the under fives, will depend on their caregivers' awareness of the net and their perception of its usefulness.
Alex-Hart, BA, Frank-Briggs, AI
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