Indoor residual spraying for preventing malaria in communities using insecticide‐treated nets

J Pryce, N Medley, L Choi - Cochrane Database of Systematic …, 2022 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Insecticide‐treated nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) are used to
prevent malaria transmission. Both interventions use insecticides to kill mosquitoes that bite …

The impact of stopping and starting indoor residual spraying on malaria burden in Uganda

JF Namuganga, A Epstein, JI Nankabirwa… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The scale-up of malaria control efforts has led to marked reductions in malaria burden over
the past twenty years, but progress has slowed. Implementation of indoor residual spraying …

Resurgence of malaria in Uganda despite sustained indoor residual spraying and repeated long lasting insecticidal net distributions

A Epstein, C Maiteki-Sebuguzi… - PLOS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Five years of sustained indoor residual spraying (IRS) of insecticide from 2014 to 2019, first
using a carbamate followed by an organophosphate, was associated with a marked …

Pyrethroid-piperonyl butoxide (PBO) nets reduce the efficacy of indoor residual spraying with pirimiphos-methyl against pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors

T Syme, M Gbegbo, D Obuobi, A Fongnikin… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Pirimiphos-methyl is a pro-insecticide requiring activation by mosquito cytochrome P450
enzymes to induce toxicity while PBO blocks activation of these enzymes in pyrethroid …

Indoor residual spraying with a non-pyrethroid insecticide reduces the reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum in a high-transmission area in northern Ghana

KE Tiedje, AR Oduro, O Bangre… - PLOS global public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
High-malaria burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa are shifting from malaria control
towards elimination. Hence, there is need to gain a contemporary understanding of how …

Incremental cost and cost-effectiveness of the addition of indoor residual spraying with pirimiphos-methyl in sub-Saharan Africa versus standard malaria control …

J Yukich, P Digre, S Scates, L Boydens, E Obi, N Moran… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Malaria is a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally, especially in sub-
Saharan Africa. Widespread resistance to pyrethroids threatens the gains achieved by …

Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum var census population size and structure in response to sequential malaria control interventions

KE Tiedje, Q Zhan, S Ruybal-Pésantez, G Tonkin-Hill… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
The diversity of Plasmodium falciparum within human hosts requires parasite population
size be defined in terms of parasite variation rather than the number of infected hosts. To …

Impact of insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying on self-reported malaria prevalence among women of reproductive age in Ghana: implication for …

Y Alhassan, D Dwomoh, SA Amuasi, J Nonvignon… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background The Global Fund alone contributed 56% of all international financing
for malaria and has invested more than US $13.5 billion in malaria treatment, prevention …

[PDF][PDF] Process and methodological considerations for observational analyses of vector control interventions in sub-Saharan Africa using routine malaria data

SM Burnett, KM Davis, G Assefa… - … Journal of Tropical …, 2023 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Progress in malaria control has stalled in recent years. With growing resistance to existing
malaria vector control insecticides and the introduction of new vector control products …

Assessing the effectiveness of malaria interventions at the regional level in Ghana using a mathematical modelling application

T Awine, SP Silal - PLOS Global Public Health, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Supporting malaria control with interfaced applications of mathematical models that enables
investigating effectiveness of various interventions as well as their cost implications could be …