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Caregivers’ vector control methods and its effect on malaria infection in febrile children presenting in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria

Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics, 2021
Background: Malaria is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Several efforts are being made to reduce its prevalence and morbidity in Nigerian children with emphasis on vector control measures.
Nwaneli Ezinne I, Osuorah Chidiebere, Nri-ezedi Chisom A, Odimegwu Chioma L , Adiele Daberechi, Ofiaeli Ogochukwu C   +5 more
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Social network correlates of free and purchased insecticide-treated bed nets in rural Uganda

Malaria Journal, 2022
Background Malaria is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in Uganda. Despite Uganda’s efforts to distribute bed nets, only half of households have achieved the World Health Organization (WHO) Universal Coverage Criteria (one bed net for every two ...
Sae Takada, Paul J. Krezanoski, Viola Nyakato, Vincent Bátwala, A. James O’Malley, Jessica M. Perkins, Alexander C. Tsai, David R. Bangsberg, Nicholas A. Christakis, Akihiro Nishi   +9 more
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Insecticide-Treated Bed-Nets for Malaria Mosquito Control

Journal 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 F, Curtis, C A, Maxwell, S M, Magesa, R T, Rwegoshora, T J, Wilkes   +4 more
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Who attends antenatal care and expanded programme on immunization services in Chad, Mali and Niger? the implications for insecticide-treated net delivery. [PDF]

, 2011
UNLABELLED: ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Malaria remains one of the largest public health problems facing the developing world. Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are an effective intervention against malaria.
Smith Paintain Lucy, Jo Lines, Lines, Jo, Carlson, M, Lines Jo, Jane Bruce, Smith Paintain, Lucy, Webster, Jayne, Meredith Carlson, Carlson Meredith, Bruce, J, Jayne Webster, Lucy Smith Paintain, Carlson, Meredith, Webster Jayne, Bruce Jane, Smith Paintain, L, Webster, J, Bruce, Jane   +18 more
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Multicentre studies of insecticide-treated durable wall lining in Africa and South-East Asia: entomological efficacy and household acceptability during one year of field use. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Indoor residual spraying (IRS) is a primary method of malaria vector control, but its potential impact is constrained by several inherent limitations: spraying must be repeated when insecticide residues decay, householders can tire of the ...
Mark Rowland, Boakye Daniel A, Joseph B Stiles-Ocran, Mamadou B Coulibaly, Louisa A Messenger, Amadou Guindo, Amadou S Traoré, Hoan Le, Steve Knowles, Sékou F Traoré, Kleinschmidt Immo, Traoré Amadou S, Chris EG Mulder, Rowland, Mark, Le Hoan, Messenger, Louisa A, Larsen, Marie-Louise, Mamadou Konaté, Traoré Sékou F, Marie-Louise Larsen, Konaté Mamadou, Daniel A Boakye, Matias, Abrahan, Mulder Chris EG, Coulibaly Mamadou B, Kleinschmidt, Immo, Konaté, Mamadou, Le, Hoan, Abrahan Matias, Antonio Manana, Mulder, Chris Eg, Boakye, Daniel A, Guindo Amadou, Rowland Mark, Manana, Antonio Nkulu, Stiles-Ocran, Joseph B, Diallo, Bréhima, Bréhima Diallo, Stiles-Ocran Joseph B, Messenger Louisa A, Matias Abrahan, Knowles, Steve, Diallo Bréhima, Knowles Steve, Larsen Marie-Louise, Immo Kleinschmidt, Coulibaly, Mamadou B, Guindo, Amadou, Traoré, Amadou S, Traoré, Sékou F, Manana Antonio   +50 more
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Costs and effects of the Tanzanian national voucher scheme for insecticide-treated nets. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: The cost-effectiveness of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) in reducing morbidity and mortality is well established. International focus has now moved on to how best to scale up coverage and what financing mechanisms might be used to achieve ...
Hanson, Kara, Yukich Joshua, Joshua Yukich, Kara Hanson, Jo-Ann Mulligan, Yukich, Joshua, Mulligan Jo-Ann, Hanson Kara, Mulligan, Jo-Ann   +8 more
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Insecticide-treated net utilization and associated factors among pregnant women and under-five children in East Belessa District, Northwest Ethiopia: using the Health Belief model

Malaria Journal, 2021
Background Malaria during pregnancy and childhood is one of the major public health challenges globally. Its prevalence is huge in Africa, especially in sub-Saharan countries and Ethiopia.
Amlaku Nigusie Yirsaw, Resom Berhe Gebremariam, Wallelign Alemnew Getnet, Muhabaw Shumye Mihret   +3 more
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Multi-country field trials comparing wash-resistance of PermaNet and conventional insecticide-treated nets against anopheline and culicine mosquitoes.

, 2005
Insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) are commonly used as a means of personal protection from malaria transmission by anopheline mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae).
Kayedi, MH, Lines, JD, Graham, K, Malima, R, Maxwell, C, Rehman, H, Curtis, CF, Rowland, MW, Kaur, H   +8 more
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Predictors of mosquito bed net use among children under-fives in Ghana: a multilevel analysis of the 2019 malaria indicator survey

Malaria Journal, 2023
Background Morbidities and mortalities due to malaria can be prevented by the use of insecticide-treated mosquito bed nets (ITN), which has been proven for malaria control and elimination. The purpose of this study was to assess the critical factors that
Justice Moses K. Aheto, Rahmatu Babah, Maxwell Kwame Dzokoto, Williams Kwarah, Yakubu Alhassan   +4 more
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Investigating mosquito net durability for malaria control in Tanzania - attrition, bioefficacy, chemistry, degradation and insecticide resistance (ABCDR): study protocol. [PDF]

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLINs) are one of the major malaria vector control tools, with most countries adopting free or subsidised universal coverage campaigns of populations at-risk from malaria.
Moore, Sarah J., Mageni, Zawadi D, Moore, Jason D, Lena M Lorenz, Mandike, R, William Kisinza, Sarah J Moore, Lorenz, Lena M, Zawadi D Mageni, Hans J Overgaard, Mandike, Renata, Moore, Sarah J, Karen Kramer, Overgaard, Hans, Massue, Dennis J., Lorenz, Lena M., John Bradley, Bradley, John, Overgaard, Hans J., Kisinza, William, Mageni, Zawadi D., Jason D Moore, Renata Mandike, Dennis J Massue, Overgaard, Hans J, Kramer, Karen, Massue, Dennis J, Moore, Jason D.   +27 more
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