Insecticide-treated nets provide protection against malaria to children in an area of insecticide resistance in Southern Benin
| Autor: | Achille Massougbodji, Tessa B. Knox, Thibaut Legba, Alioun Adechoubou, Aurore Ogouyemi-Hounto, D. Kinde-Gazard, Telesphore Houansou, Yolande Sissinto Savi de Tove, Immo Kleinschmidt, Sylvie Cornelie, John S. Bradley, Martin Akogbeto, Patrick Makoutode, Filémon Tokponnon, Martin J. Donnelly, Adicath Adéola Adéothy, Jacob Fassinou |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty lcsh:Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine Mosquito Control lcsh:RC955-962 030231 tropical medicine Resistance Mosquito Vectors Biology lcsh:Infectious and parasitic diseases Toxicology Insecticide Resistance 03 medical and health sciences chemistry.chemical_compound 0302 clinical medicine Environmental health Anopheles parasitic diseases medicine Animals Benin lcsh:RC109-216 Insecticide-Treated Bednets Insecticide treated nets Insecticide Pyrethroid Public health Research 1. No poverty Nets medicine.disease 3. Good health Malaria 030104 developmental biology Infectious Diseases Parasitology chemistry Insecticide resistance Tropical medicine Female Malaria control |
| Zdroj: | Malaria Journal Malaria Journal, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-5 (2017) |
| ISSN: | 1475-2875 |
| Popis: | Background Malaria 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. Methods In 21 villages in Southern Benin with high levels of insecticide resistance, the resistance status of local vectors was measured at the same time as the prevalence of malaria infection in resident children. Results Children who used LLINs had lower levels of malaria infection [odds ratio = 0.76 (95% CI 0.59, 0.98, p = 0.033)]. There was no evidence that the effectiveness of nets was different in high and low resistance locations (p = 0.513). There was no association between village level resistance and village level malaria prevalence (p = 0.999). Conclusions LLINs continue to offer individual protection against malaria infection in an area of high resistance. Insecticide resistance is not a reason to stop efforts to increase coverage of LLINs in Africa. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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