Reduced Efficacy of Insecticide-treated Nets and Indoor Residual Spraying for Malaria Control in Pyrethroid Resistance Area, Benin

N’Guessan, Raphaël; Corbel, Vincent; Akogbéto, Martin; Rowland, Mark

doi:10.3201/eid1302.060631

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Reduced Efficacy of Insecticide-treated Nets and Indoor Residual Spraying for Malaria Control in Pyrethroid Resistance Area, Benin

Published in Emerging infectious diseases • Feb 1, 2007

Authors:

Raphaël N’Guessan

Vincent Corbel

Martin Akogbéto

Abstract

The pyrethroid knockdown resistance gene (kdr) has become widespread in Anopheles gambiae in West Africa. A trial to test the continuing efficacy of insecticide-treated nets (ITN) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) was undertaken in experimental huts at 2 sites in Benin, the first where kdr is prese...

Subject

Indoor residual spraying

Pyrethroid

Anopheles gambiae

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