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May 19, 2009Malaria Journal140 citationsOpen Access

House design modifications reduce indoor resting malaria vector densities in rice irrigation scheme area in western Kenya

HAHarrysone AtieliDMDiana MenyaAGAndrew K. Githeko

Key Points

  • Determine whether structural house design modifications utilizing insect screen ceilings and insecticide-treated netting reduce indoor resting malaria vector densities and human exposure.
  • Assessed house modifications incorporating ceilings made from locally available insect screening materials and integrated insecticide-treated netting (ITN) in a rice irrigation scheme area in western Kenya.
  • Evaluated intervention acceptability and its capacity to reduce human exposure to malaria vector populations.
  • House modifications with insect screen ceilings and integrated ITNs reduced indoor resting malaria vector densities and associated parasite transmission risk.
  • Ceiling modifications demonstrated high potential acceptability, offering maximum protective efficacy when integrated with complementary malaria control strategies.

Abstract

House modifications involving insect screen ceilings made from locally available materials and small ITN incorporated in house construction have the potential to reduce human exposure to malaria vectors, and thus parasite infection, in a rice irrigation scheme area of western Kenya. Ceiling modification is likely to be acceptable and is expected to be of greatest benefit when used in combination with other malaria control strategies.

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Atieli et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dc69834264bdb384359402https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-108
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