Control of Malaria Vector Mosquitoes by Insecticide-Treated Combinations of Window Screens and Eave Baffles

Killeen, Gerry F.; Masalu, John P.; Chinula, Dingani; Fotakis, Emmanouil A.; Kavishe, Deogratius R.; Malone, David; Okumu, Fredros

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Control of Malaria Vector Mosquitoes by Insecticide-Treated Combinations of Window Screens and Eave Baffles

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May 2017
By Killeen, Gerry F. ; Masalu, John P. ; Chinula, Dingani ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Killeen, Gerry F. ; Masalu, John P. ; Chinula, Dingani ; Fotakis, Emmanouil A. ; Kavishe, Deogratius R. ; Malone, David ; Okumu, Fredros
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We assessed window screens and eave baffles (WSEBs), which enable mosquitoes to enter but not exit houses, as an alternative to indoor residual spraying (IRS) for malaria vector control. WSEBs treated with water, the pyrethroid lambda-cyhalothrin, or the organophosphate pirimiphos-methyl, with and without a binding agent for increasing insecticide persistence on netting, were compared with IRS in experimental huts. Compared with IRS containing the same insecticide, WSEBs killed similar proportions of Anopheles funestus mosquitoes that were resistant to pyrethroids, carbamates and organochlorines and greater proportions of pyrethroid-resistant, early exiting An. arabiensis mosquitoes. WSEBs with pirimiphos-methyl killed greater proportions of both vectors than lambda-cyhalothrin or lambda-cyhalothrin plus pirimiphos-methyl and were equally efficacious when combined with binding agent. WSEBs required far less insecticide than IRS, and binding agents might enhance durability. WSEBs might enable affordable deployment of insecticide combinations to mitigate against physiologic insecticide resistance and improve control of behaviorally resistant, early exiting vectors.
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Animals Humans Insecticide-Treated Bednets Malaria/epidemiology Malaria/prevention & Control Malaria/transmission Mortality Mosquito Control/methods Mosquito Vectors/parasitology Research
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Emerg Infect Dis. 23(5):782-789.
Pubmed ID:

28418299
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC5403053
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Journal Article
Place as Subject:

Tanzania
Location:

Africa
Volume:

23
Issue:

5
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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