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The impact of pyrethroid resistance on the efficacy and effectiveness of bednets for malaria control in Africa.

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Churcher, Thomas S, Lissenden, Natalie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6578-5537, Griffin, Jamie T, Worrall, Eve ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9147-3388 and Ranson, Hilary ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2332-8247 (2016) 'The impact of pyrethroid resistance on the efficacy and effectiveness of bednets for malaria control in Africa.'. eLife, Vol 2016, Issue 5, e016090.

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Abstract

Long lasting pyrethroid treated bednets are the most important tool for preventing malaria. Pyrethroid resistant Anopheline mosquitoes are now ubiquitous in Africa though the public health impact remains unclear, impeding the deployment of more expensive nets. Meta-analyses of bioassay studies and experimental hut trials are used to characterise how pyrethroid resistance changes the efficacy of standard bednets, and those containing the synergist piperonyl butoxide (PBO), and assess its impact on malaria control. New bednets provide substantial personal protection until high levels of resistance though protection may wane faster against more resistant mosquito populations as nets age. Transmission dynamics models indicate that even low levels of resistance would increase the incidence of malaria due to reduced mosquito mortality and lower overall community protection over the life-time of the net. Switching to PBO bednets could avert up to 0.5 clinical cases per person per year in some resistance scenarios.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	QX Parasitology > Insects. Other Parasites > QX 600 Insect control. Tick control WA Public Health > Preventive Medicine > WA 240 Disinfection. Disinfestation. Pesticides (including diseases caused by) WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 750 Malaria WC Communicable Diseases > Tropical and Parasitic Diseases > WC 765 Prevention and control
Faculty: Department:	Biological Sciences > Vector Biology Department
Digital Object Identifer (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16090
Depositing User:	Jessica Jones
Date Deposited:	23 Aug 2016 10:13
Last Modified:	30 Aug 2019 17:06
URI:	https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/6078

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