The epidemiological benefit of pyrethroid-pyrrole insecticide treated nets against malaria: an individual-based malaria transmission dynamics modelling study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Insecticide treated nets (ITNs) are the most important malaria prevention tool in Africa but the rise of pyrethroid resistance in mosquitoes is likely impeding control. WHO has recommended a novel pyrethroid-pyrrole ITN following evidence of epidemiological benefit in two cluster-randomised, controlled trials (CRTs). It remains unclear how effective more costly pyrethroid-pyrrole ITNs are compared with other tools, or whether they should be deployed when budgets are limited. We aimed to compare the epidemiological impact and cost-effectiveness of the mass distribution of pyrethroid-pyrrole ITNs relative to other ITNs over 3 years in different African settings.

Methods

In this individual-based malaria transmission dynamics modelling study we characterise the entomo

SUBMITTER: Churcher TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11584316 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature