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Field efficacy of a new deltamethrin long lasting insecticidal net (LifeNet©) against wild pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles gambiae in Benin

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Public Health, August 2018
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Title
Field efficacy of a new deltamethrin long lasting insecticidal net (LifeNet©) against wild pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles gambiae in Benin
Published in
BMC Public Health, August 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12889-018-5876-9
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Armel Djènontin, Nicolas Moiroux, Aziz Bouraïma, Barnabas Zogo, Ibrahim Sidick, Vincent Corbel, Cédric Pennetier

Abstract

Malaria vector control is mostly based on Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets (LLIN). To date, all LLINs fully recommended by the World Health Organization Pesticide Scheme (WHOPES) are made of polyester or polyethylene. In this context, a new LLIN named LifeNet©, made of polypropylene fiber is developed. According to the manufacturer, LifeNet©is made of soft filament, has a greater mechanical strength, a superior insecticide wash resistance with a short insecticide regeneration time, a better flammability profile and a better environmental profile compared to polyester or polyethylene nets. Through a WHOPES supervised trial, the efficacy of LifeNet© was evaluated in Benin in experimental huts against free-flying wild mosquitoes. LifeNet© has equal or better performances in terms of wash resistance, exophily, blood feeding inhibition and mortality compared to conventionally treated nets (CTN) treated with deltamethrin at 25 mg/m2 and washed to just before exhaustion. The efficacy of LifeNet© observed in this trial indicates that this net fulfill World Health Organization Pesticide Scheme (WHOPES) requirement for Long Lasting technology in Phase II. Throughout a Phase III trial currently ongoing in Southern Benin, the durability and the acceptability of this long-lasting insecticidal mosquito nets will be assessed under community conditions.

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Unknown 48 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 10 21%
Researcher 6 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 13%
Other 3 6%
Student > Bachelor 2 4%
Other 5 10%
Unknown 16 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 6 13%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 13%
Nursing and Health Professions 6 13%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 8%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 4%
Other 6 13%
Unknown 18 38%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 8. 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 20 August 2018.
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#4,048,080
of 23,098,660 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#4,480
of 15,063 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#78,020
of 331,120 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#143
of 317 outputs
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