Efficacy of insecticides used in indoor residual spraying for malaria control: an experimental trial on various surfaces in a “test house”

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Ana Paula S. A. Corrêa, Allan K. R. Galardo, Luana A. Lima, Daniel C. P. Câmara, Josiane N. Müller, Jéssica Fernanda S. Barroso, Oscar M. M. Lapouble, Cynara M. Rodovalho, Kaio Augusto N. Ribeiro, José Bento P. Lima
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2019
• Subjects: Anopheles; Wall surface type; Indoor residual spraying; Malaria; Integrated vector management; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Lambda
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2969-6; https://doaj.org/article/5ea9b677e64943ce8b669539cbac5c69

Abstract Background Malaria is a public health problem in the Brazilian Amazon region. In integrated vector management for malaria (anopheline) control, indoor residual spraying (IRS) represents one of the main tools in the basic strategy applied in the Amazonian states. It is essential to understan...