Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6137624 | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2007 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A trial of permethrin-treated nets (PTNs) versus untreated nets (UTNs) was conducted in Pitoa (north Cameroon), where the main malaria vectors, Anopheles gambiae s.l. and Anopheles arabiensis, show metabolic-based permethrin resistance. The deterrent effect of permethrin greatly reduced A. gambiae biting rate inside rooms where PTNs were installed. After 3 months of net use, malaria reinfection rate was significantly lower in children sleeping under a PTN, but no such effect was observed after 6 months. Parasitaemia was not significantly different between the two arms. These findings suggest good, although transitory, personal protection against malaria conferred by PTNs in an area of metabolic-based permethrin resistance.
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Authors
Josiane Etang, Mouhamadou Chouaibou, Jean-Claude Toto, Ousmane Faye, Lucien Manga, Albert Samè-Ekobo, Parfait Awono-Ambene, Frédéric Simard,