The causes of holes and loss of physical integrity in long-lasting insecticidal nets.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are expected to last for at least 3 years, but whilst this may be achieved from an insecticidal perspective, physical protection is frequently compromised much earlier because of the rapid accumulation of holes during use. To understand why LLINs are so susceptible to loss of physical integrity, thousands of hole damage sites in LLINs retrieved from the field in Africa and Asia were forensically studied to identify the persistent underlying causes.

Methods

A total of 525 LLINs consisting of six different brands from five different countries across Africa and Asia were collected from the field after 1 to 3 years in use. More than 42,000 individual sites of hole damage were analysed based on the morphology and size of each indi

SUBMITTER: Wheldrake A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7816425 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature