Efficacy of ceiling-mounted mosquito nets for malaria vector control in a Peruvian Amazon riverine community: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial.

ABSTRACT: Malaria remains a major global health concern, especially in tropical regions such as the Peruvian Amazon. Installing ceiling-mounted mosquito nets in houses has been proposed as a strategy to reduce mosquito-human contact and, in turn, lower malaria transmission. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of ceiling-mounted mosquito nets in reducing Anopheles mosquito density in a high-transmission Amazonian setting. We conducted a stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial from March to December 2024 in the Llanchama community of the San Juan Bautista district, Loreto, Peru. A total of 69 households were randomized into three clusters, receiving the intervention at staggered three-month intervals. We measured entomological indices using human landing catches (HLC) and other standardized methods, f

SUBMITTER: Quispe AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12539722 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature