PMID: 8980597Dec 1, 1996Paper

Deltamethrin-impregnated bednets as an operational tool for malaria control in a hyper-endemic region of Burundi: impact on vector population and malaria morbidity

Tropical Medicine & International Health : TM & IH
W Van BortelM Coosemans

Abstract

Within the framework of the National Malaria Control Programme Burundi, impregnated bednets were promoted through health care facilities, schools and local administration in Nyanza Lac district. The decision to buy a bednet was left to the inhabitants and, as a result, coverage rates between 6 and 65% were observed at sub-district level. Three intervention regions were specified based on the intervention start date. From November 1992 until March 1995, bi-monthly parasitological and entomological surveys were carried out in two areas each of Region 1 and Region 2. After introduction of impregnated bednets in Region 1 the proportions of children under 5 with high parasitaemia were reduced by 42 and 53% in the 2 parasitological survey areas, where the average bednet coverages were 55 and 44% respectively. In the survey areas of Region 2 (control) no significant change occurred during the same period. During the second part of the intervention from September 1994, when intervention was also operational in Region 2, significant decreases in the proportion of high parasitaemia (63 and 42%) among children under 5 years were obtained in both parasitological survey areas of Region 2 (average coverages of 51 and 29%). The positive outpu...Continue Reading

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Apr 24, 2004·The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews·C Lengeler
Mar 18, 2004·Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene·A KroegerD T Boewono
Nov 14, 2012·Parasites & Vectors·Hans J OvergaardMichel A Slotman
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