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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Combining indoor residual spraying and insecticide-treated net interventions
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 81, No. 3, Year 2009
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Does scaling up of malaria control by 0ombining indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) enhance protection to populations? Results from a literature search and from recent household surveys in Bioko, Equatorial Guinea, and Zambezia, Mozambique are presented. Five out of eight previous studies reported a reduced risk of infection in those protected by both interventions compared with one intervention alone. Surveys in Bioko and Zambezia showed strong evidence of a protective effect of IRS combined with nets relative to IRS alone (odds ratio [OR] = 0.71, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.59-0.86 for Bioko, and OR = 0.63, 95% CI = 0.50-0.79, for Zambezia). The effect of both interventions combined, compared with those who had neither, was OR = 0.46, (95% CI = 0.76-0.81) in Bioko and 0.34 (95% CI = 0.21-0.56) in Zambezia. Although the effects of confounding cannot be excluded, these results provide encouragement that the additional resources for combining IRS and LLIN are justified. Copyright © 2009 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kleinschmidt, Immo
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Schwabe, Christopher
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Murugasampillay, Shiva
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Segura, J. Luis
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Sima, Victor
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Mabunda, Samuel Jose Alves
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Coleman, Michael
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Statistics
Citations: 190
Authors: 7
Affiliations: 8
Identifiers
Doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.2009.81.519
ISSN:
00029637
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Design
Randomised Control Trial
Cross Sectional Study
Case-Control Study
Study Locations
Equatorial Guinea
Guinea
Mozambique