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Clinical Trial
. 2011 Dec;85(6):1080-6.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0684.

The combination of indoor residual spraying and insecticide-treated nets provides added protection against malaria compared with insecticide-treated nets alone

Mary J Hamel  1 , Peter Otieno, Nabie Bayoh, Simon Kariuki, Vincent Were, Doris Marwanga, Kayla F Laserson, John Williamson, Laurence Slutsker, John Gimnig
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Clinical Trial

The combination of indoor residual spraying and insecticide-treated nets provides added protection against malaria compared with insecticide-treated nets alone

Mary J Hamel et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2011 Dec.

Abstract

Both insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) reduce malaria in high malaria transmission areas. The combined effect of these interventions is unknown. We conducted a non-randomized prospective cohort study to determine protective efficacy of IRS with ITNs (ITN + IRS) compared with ITNs alone (ITN only) in preventing Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia. At baseline, participants provided blood samples for malaria smears, were presumptively treated for malaria, and received ITNs. Blood smears were made monthly and at sick visits. In total, 1,804 participants were enrolled. Incidence of P. falciparum parasitemia in the ITN + IRS and ITN only groups was 18 and 44 infections per 100 persons-years at risk, respectively (unadjusted rate ratio = 0.41; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.31-0.56). Adjusted protective efficacy of ITN + IRS compared with ITN only was 62% (95% CI = 0.50-0.72). The combination of IRS and ITN might be a feasible strategy to further reduce malaria transmission in areas of persistent perennial malaria transmission.

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Study profile.
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Time to first malaria parasitemia (ITN + IRS versus ITN alone) in Nyanza Province, Kenya.
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Figure 3.
Number of anopheline mosquitoes per house before and after IRS in Rachuonyo (IRS) and Nyando Districts (no IRS), Kenya.
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