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| Title |
Effect of individual and community-level bed net usage on malaria prevalence among under-fives in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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| Published in |
Malaria Journal, January 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12936-018-2183-y |
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| Authors |
Lauren Levitz, Mark Janko, Kashamuka Mwandagalirwa, Kyaw L. Thwai, Joris L. Likwela, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Michael Emch, Steven R. Meshnick |
| Abstract |
Understanding the contribution of community-level long-lasting, insecticidal net (LLIN) coverage to malaria control is critical to planning and assessing intervention campaigns. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which has one of the highest burdens of malaria cases and deaths and has dramatically scaled up LLIN ownership in recent years thus it is an ideal setting to evaluate the effect of individual versus community-level use to prevent malaria among children under the age of 5. Data were derived from the 2013-2014 DRC Demographic and Health Survey. Community-level LLIN usage was significantly associated with protection against malaria, even when individual-level LLIN usage was included in the model. In stratified analysis, higher levels of community LLIN coverage enhanced the protective effect of individual LLIN usage, resulting in lower malaria prevalence among individuals who used a LLIN. A sub-analysis of individual LLIN usage by insecticide type revealed deltamethrin-treated nets were more protective than permethrin-treated nets, suggesting that mosquitoes in the DRC are more susceptible to deltamethrin. This study examines the effects of individual and community-level LLIN usage in young children in an area of high ITN usage. Individual and community LLIN usage were significantly associated with protection against malaria in children under 5 in the DRC. Importantly, the protective effect of individual LLIN usage against malaria is enhanced when community LLIN coverage is higher, demonstrating the importance of increasing community-level LLIN usage. LLINs treated with deltamethrin were shown to be more protective against malaria than LLINs treated with permethrin. Demographic and Health Surveys are thus a novel and important means of surveillance for insecticide resistance. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 50% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 33% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 150 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 32 | 21% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 11% |
| Researcher | 16 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 13 | 9% |
| Unknown | 56 | 37% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 18 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 12 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 7 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 25 | 17% |
| Unknown | 61 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 February 2018.
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#7,015,168
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#1,872
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#136,130
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#44
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