Effectiveness and efficacy of long-lasting insecticidal nets for malaria control in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials
Dereje Bayisa Demissie,
Getahun Fetensa Hirko,
Tilahun Desta
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundMalaria, a parasitic disease that is transmitted by the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito, can also be contracted through exposure to infected blood products or congenitally. Long-lasting insecticidal nets have significantly reduced the malaria burden in the past decade and this malaria prevalence reduction has been achieved through the upgrading of pyrethroid long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), but the reduction has stopped due to pyrethroid fast resistance. The World Health Organization (WHO)… Show more
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