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Potential benefits of combining transfluthrin-treated sisal products and long-lasting insecticidal nets for controlling indoor-biting malaria vectors

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Title
Potential benefits of combining transfluthrin-treated sisal products and long-lasting insecticidal nets for controlling indoor-biting malaria vectors
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Parasites & Vectors, April 2018
DOI 10.1186/s13071-018-2811-y
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John P. Masalu, Fredros O. Okumu, Arnold S. Mmbando, Maggy T. Sikulu-Lord, Sheila B. Ogoma

Abstract

Transfluthrin vapour prevents mosquito bites by disrupting their host-seeking behaviors. We measured the additional benefits of combining transfluthrin-treated sisal decorations and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) with an aim of extending protection against early evening, indoor-biting malaria vectors when LLINs are ineffective. We investigated the indoor protective efficacy of locally made sisal decorative baskets (0.28 m2) treated with 2.5 ml and 5.0 ml transfluthrin, in terms of mosquito density, exposure to bites and 24 h mortality. Experiments were conducted in experimental huts, located in Lupiro village, Ulanga District, south-eastern Tanzania. Human landing catches (HLC) were used to measure exposure to bites between 19:00-23:00 h. Each morning, at 06:00 h, mosquitoes were collected inside huts and in exit traps and monitored for 24 h mortality. Sisal decorative baskets (0.28 m2) treated with 2.5 ml and 5.0 ml transfluthrin deterred three-quarters of Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes from entering huts (relative rate, RR = 0.26, 95% confidence interval, CI: 0.20-0.34, P < 0.001 and RR= 0.29, 95% CI: 0.22-0.37, P < 0.001, respectively). Both treatments induced a 10-fold increase in 24 h mortality of An. arabiensis mosquitoes (odds ratio, OR = 12.26, 95% CI: 7.70-19.51, P < 0.001 and OR = 18.42, 95% CI: 11.36-29.90, P < 0.001, respectively). Sisal decorative items treated with spatial repellents provide additional household and personal protection against indoor biting malaria and nuisance mosquitoes in the early evening, when conventional indoor vector control tools, such as LLINs, are not in use. We recommend future studies to investigate the epidemiological relevance of combining LLINs and transfluthrin decorated baskets in terms of their effect on reduction in malaria prevalence.

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Unknown 64 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 11%
Researcher 6 9%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 9%
Student > Bachelor 4 6%
Other 4 6%
Other 10 16%
Unknown 27 42%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 8 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 8%
Environmental Science 4 6%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 3%
Other 7 11%
Unknown 30 47%
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