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Efficacy of insecticide impregnated bed-nets to control malaria in a rural forested area in Southern Cameron

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 1992
Due to current spreading of chemoresistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum malaria control must incorporate vector control programmes. Due to well known constraints house sprayings cannot be performed as before.
G. le Goff, V. Robert, E. Fondjo, P. Carnevale   +3 more
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Ecology: a prerequisite for malaria elimination and eradication [PDF]

, 2010
* Existing front-line vector control measures, such as insecticide-treated nets and residual sprays, cannot break the transmission cycle of Plasmodium falciparum in the most intensely endemic parts of Africa and the Pacific * The goal of malaria ...
Killeen, G.F., Borgemeister, Christian, Dornhaus, A., Mulla Mir S., Christian Borgemeister, Heather M. Ferguson, Gottlieb, Michael, Heather M Ferguson, Ferguson Heather M., Dornhaus Anna, Borgemeister, C., Fish, Durland, Gimnig, J.E., Beeche, A., John E Gimnig, Dornhaus, Anna, Beeche, Arlyne, Michael Gottlieb, Fish, D., Durland Fish, Mir S Mulla, Gottlieb Michael, Arlyne Beeche, John E. Gimnig, Ferguson, H.M., Borgemeister Christian, Gimnig John E., Gerry F Killeen, Gerry F. Killeen, Gottlieb, M., Killeen Gerry F., Mir S. Mulla, Anna Dornhaus, Mulla, M.S., Beeche Arlyne, Fish Durland, Gimnig, John E., Ferguson, Heather M., Mulla, Mir S., Killeen, Gerry F.   +39 more
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Factors Affecting Use of Insecticide Treated Nets by Children Under Five Years of Age in Kenya

, 2018
Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and mostly affects pregnant women and children under five years of age. It is among the leading cause of deaths in under five years of age with an approximate of 20 percent of all deaths in ...
G. Kyalo, U. Kioko
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Striving toward malaria elimination and the necessity to be persistent in our efforts

Healthcare in Low-resource Settings, 2016
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Saurabh R. Shrivastava, Prateek S. Shrivastava, Jegadeesh Ramasamy   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Insecticide-treated nets provide protection against malaria to children in an area of insecticide resistance in Southern Benin

Malaria Journal, 2017
BackgroundMalaria control is heavily reliant on insecticides, especially pyrethroids. Resistance of mosquitoes to insecticides may threaten the effectiveness of insecticide-based vector control and lead to a resurgence of malaria in Africa.MethodsIn 21 ...
J. Bradley, A. Ogouyèmi-Hounto, S. Cornelie, Jacob Fassinou, Y. S. de Tove, A. Adéothy, Filémon T. Tokponnon, P. Makoutode, Alioun Adéchoubou, Thibaut Legba, Télesphore Houansou, D. Kindé-Gazard, M. Akogbéto, A. Massougbodji, T. Knox, M. Donnelly, I. Kleinschmidt   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ownership and usage of mosquito nets after four years of large-scale free distribution in Papua New Guinea

Malaria Journal, 2012
Background Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a highly malaria endemic country in the South-West Pacific with a population of approximately 6.6 million (2009). In 2004, the country intensified its malaria control activities with support from the Global Fund. With
Hetzel Manuel W, Gideon Gibson, Lote Namarola, Makita Leo, Siba Peter M, Mueller Ivo   +5 more
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A trial of insecticide treated nets for malaria control in Yanomami communities in Amazonas, Venezuela [PDF]

A community randomized controlled trial was carried out in an area of moderate malaria transmission in the Amazon region, in South East Venezuela, where the indigenous Yanomami population live. The aim of the project was to
Crestini, Magda Mara Magris
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Accelerating the evidence for new classes of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets.

The Lancet, 2018
The comment by Gerry F Killeen and Hilary Ranson (April 21, p 1551), on our trial of long-lasting synergist piperonyl butoxide and pyrethroid-treated nets and indoor residual spraying for control of insecticide-resistant malaria mosquitoes (April 21, p ...
Natacha Protopopoff, M. Rowland
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Awareness about Malaria Transmission and Its Preventive Measures among Households in an Urban Area of Mandya, Karnataka

National Journal of Community Medicine, 2018
Introduction: Community perception, beliefs and attitude about malaria control can influence the national malaria control program implementation. This study was conducted to assess the aware- ness of malaria transmission and its prevention among urban ...
Shashikantha SK, Sheethal MP
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Lymphatic filariasis elimination efforts in Rufiji, southeastern Tanzania: decline in circulating filarial antigen prevalence in young school children after twelve rounds of mass drug administration and utilization of long-lasting insecticide-treated nets

International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2017
Highlights • Interventions based on mass drug administration and insecticide-treated nets led to a marked decline in Wuchereria bancrofti circulating filarial antigen (CFA) in young school children.• The official reported treatment coverage was ...
Clarer Jones, Billy Ngasalla, Y. Derua, D. Tarimo, M. Malecela   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source