[PDF] Top 20 Expanding the Vector Control Toolbox for Malaria Elimination: A Systematic Review of the Evidence

... 5 Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK, 6 MRC Tropical Epidemiology Group, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK (I ... See full document

... most evidence supporting effectiveness in preventing dengue transmission was house ...species. Malaria vector mosquitoes and other arthropods of medical importance are also active indoors and can be ... See full document

... for malaria been considered an histori- cal failure? Often, these older MDA efforts were very time-limited, achieved poor coverage and adherence, and were not delivered as a package of interventions includ- ing ... See full document

... increasing malaria services coverage, and reducing para- sitaemia and malaria mortality were consistent despite methodological heterogeneity between studies, which strengthens the evidence for the ... See full document

... to control mosquitoes feed- ing on animals [19, ...local vector behaviour, such as zoophilic and exophilic vectors, habitat separation between human and animal quarters, and augmenting zooprophylaxis with ... See full document

... disease control and elimination campaigns in many ...for malaria control and elimination are yet to be fully rea- ...for malaria elimina- tion. The findings of this review ... See full document

... potential malaria vector resting surfaces such as internal walls, eaves, and ceilings of all houses or struc- tures (including domestic animal shelters) where such malaria vectors might come into ... See full document

... disease control to date as they are consistent with the epidemiology of disease transmission, with vector ecology and environmental conditions influencing the vulnerability of people to infection ... See full document

... Evidence suggests that all species of ma- laria can result in asymptomatic disease. How- ever, since P. falciparum and P. vivax are more prevalent, most asymptomatic patients are infected with these two Plasmodium ... See full document

... Summarizing evidence on economics of malaria from het- erogeneous studies, sources, inputs, methods, time, and geography is ...the review, discount rates when specified, ranged from 3 to ...most ... See full document

... of malaria, including in areas where malaria has been eliminated or transmission interrupted but the risk of reintroduction ...a systematic review of the evidence base on the ‘community ... See full document

... mosquito control pro- grammes in high-income countries (HICs) is aggressive control of immature mosquitoes in aquatic habitats through LSM, which includes all forms of environmental management, biological ... See full document

... implement malaria elim- ination program, finding an effective strategy for managing the problem was a major ...challenge. Elimination of malaria has been identified as re- gional priority ... See full document

... firmed malaria infection in any foreign ...the Vector- borne Disease Control Programme (VDCP) headquarters in Gelephu, which receives and compiles reports of con- firmed cases from the ... See full document

... Active learning has received considerable attention over the past several years. Often presented or perceived as a radical change from traditional instruction, the topic frequently polarizes faculty. Active learning has ... See full document

... existing vector surveillance programmes as only 31% of countries monitor the indoor–outdoor biting ratio with 34% track- ing changes in peak biting time, the two most common expressions of behaviour ... See full document

... This review has several ...this review was limited to peer-reviewed ...this review pro- vides only a narrow picture of how ACT is taken and further qualitative investigations should be ... See full document

... Methods: We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing BTX-A treatment with saline for alleviating neuropathic pain. Primary outcome measures were pain ... See full document

... such as responsiveness, interpretability, reliability and validity. 25,73-28,69,76 Because most validation studies try measuring the same construct in different settings, it was expected that the sleep instruments in ... See full document

... The human biting rate (Ma) is the number of vectors biting an individual over a fixed period of time. M equals the number of Anopheles per person and a equals the average number of persons bitten by one Anopheles in one ... See full document