Assessment of the effect of insecticide-treated nets and indoor residual spraying for malaria control in three rural kebeles of Adami Tulu District, South Central Ethiopia

In the Adami Tulu District, indoor residual spraying (IRS) and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) has been the main tool used to control malaria. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of IRS and ITNs control strategies in Aneno Shisho kebele (lowest administrative unit of Ethiopia) compare...

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Published in:Malaria journal 2012-04, Vol.11 (1), p.127-127, Article 127
Main Authors: Bekele, Damtew, Belyhun, Yeshambel, Petros, Beyene, Deressa, Wakgari
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Anopheles
Anopheles - classification
Anopheles - growth & development
Aquatic insects
Blood - parasitology
Child
Child, Preschool
Comparative analysis
Control
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dielectric films
Disease transmission
Entomology - methods
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Enzymes
Ethiopia - epidemiology
Female
Health aspects
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infection
Insecticide-Treated Bednets
Insecticides
Insecticides - administration & dosage
Malaria
Malaria - diagnosis
Malaria - prevention & control
Male
Microscopy
Middle Aged
Mosquito Control - methods
Mosquitoes
Prevalence
Rural Population
Spraying
Surveys
Thin films
Vector-borne diseases
Young Adult
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Summary:In the Adami Tulu District, indoor residual spraying (IRS) and insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) has been the main tool used to control malaria. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of IRS and ITNs control strategies in Aneno Shisho kebele (lowest administrative unit of Ethiopia) compared with Kamo Gerbi (supplied ITN only) and Jela Aluto (no IRS and ITNs), with regards to the prevalence of malaria and mosquito density. Cross-sectional surveys were conducted after heavy rains (October/November, 2006) and during the sporadic rains (April, 2007) in the three kebeles of Adami Tulu District. Malaria infection was measured by means of thick and thin film. Monthly collection of adult mosquitoes from October-December 2006 and April-May 2007 and sporozoite enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) on the collected mosquitoes were detected. Data related to the knowledge of mode of malaria transmission and its control measures were collected. Data collected on parasitological and knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) surveys were managed and analysed using a statistical computer program SPSS version 13.0. A P-value
ISSN:1475-2875
1475-2875
DOI:10.1186/1475-2875-11-127