Indoor residual spraying for preventing malaria

B Pluess, FC Tanser, C Lengeler… - Cochrane database of …, 2010 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Primary malaria prevention on a large scale depends on two vector control
interventions: indoor residual spraying (IRS) and insecticide‐treated mosquito nets (ITNs) …

Global status of DDT and its alternatives for use in vector control to prevent disease

H Van den Berg - Environmental health perspectives, 2009 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Objective I review the status of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), used for disease
vector control, along with current evidence on its benefits and risks in relation to the …

Maps and metrics of insecticide-treated net access, use, and nets-per-capita in Africa from 2000-2020

A Bertozzi-Villa, CA Bever, H Koenker, DJ Weiss… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are one of the most widespread and impactful malaria
interventions in Africa, yet a spatially-resolved time series of ITN coverage has never been …

[HTML][HTML] Public health impact and cost-effectiveness of the RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine: a systematic comparison of predictions from four mathematical models

MA Penny, R Verity, CA Bever, C Sauboin… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background The phase 3 trial of the RTS, S/AS01 malaria vaccine candidate showed
modest efficacy of the vaccine against Plasmodium falciparum malaria, but was not powered …

Costs and cost-effectiveness of malaria control interventions-a systematic review

MT White, L Conteh, R Cibulskis, AC Ghani - Malaria journal, 2011 - Springer
Background The control and elimination of malaria requires expanded coverage of and
access to effective malaria control interventions such as insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) …

Bacterial larvicides used for malaria vector control in sub-Saharan Africa: review of their effectiveness and operational feasibility

YA Derua, EJ Kweka, WN Kisinza, AK Githeko… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Several trials and reviews have outlined the potential role of larviciding for malaria control in
sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to supplement the core indoor insecticide-based interventions. It …

Combining indoor residual spraying and insecticide-treated nets for malaria control in Africa: a review of possible outcomes and an outline of suggestions for the future

FO Okumu, SJ Moore - Malaria journal, 2011 - Springer
Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are currently the preferred
methods of malaria vector control. In many cases, these methods are used together in the …

Indoor residual spraying in combination with insecticide-treated nets compared to insecticide-treated nets alone for protection against malaria: a cluster randomised …

PA West, N Protopopoff, A Wright, Z Kivaju… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Background Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) of houses
provide effective malaria transmission control. There is conflicting evidence about whether it …

Costs and cost-effectiveness of malaria control interventions: a systematic literature review

L Conteh, K Shuford, E Agboraw, M Kont, J Kolaczinski… - Value in Health, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives To systematically review the literature on the unit cost and cost-effectiveness of
malaria control. Methods Ten databases and gray literature sources were searched to …

[HTML][HTML] Do socioeconomic factors drive Aedes mosquito vectors and their arboviral diseases? A systematic review of dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika …

A Whiteman, JR Loaiza, DA Yee, KC Poh, AS Watkins… - One Health, 2020 - Elsevier
As the threat of arboviral diseases continues to escalate worldwide, the question of,“What
types of human communities are at the greatest risk of infection?” persists as a key gap in …