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Table 2 Summary of community-level trials demonstrating the impact of insecticide-treated housing materials on malaria control

From: Insecticide-treated durable wall lining (ITWL): future prospects for control of malaria and other vector-borne diseases

Field site, country, trial type

Intervention(s)

Insecticide (dosage)

Intervention coverage

Control(s) (dosage)

Major malaria vector speciesresistance status

Impact on vector populationsc

Impact on disease incidencec

References

Orissa, India, community-levela

Polyethylene sheeting (ITPS)

Deltamethrin (55 mg/m2)

Full coverageb

Untreated plastic sheeting

An. culicifacies s, An. fluviatilis s

Significant reductions in mosquito house entry (80–89%), vector indoor population density (95–100%), blood feeding (75%) and parity rates (74–77%)

Significant reduction in malaria incidence (65–70%)

[40]

Untreated control

Increased immediate (56%) and delayed (100%) mosquito mortality and induced exophily (41%)

Human blood index decreased to 0

Uttar Pradesh, India, community-level (temporary labour shelters)

Polyethylene sheeting (ITPS)

Deltamethrin (265 mg/m2)

Full coverage

Untreated plastic sheeting

An. culicifacies s, An. fluviatilis s

Significant reductions in indoor vector population density and blood feeding, both to 0%

Significant reduction in malaria incidence to 0%

[43]

Liberian refugee camps, Sierra Leone, community-level (temporary shelters)

Polyethylene sheeting (ITPS)

Deltamethrin (55 mg/m2)

Ceiling + roof

Untreated plastic sheeting

An. gambiae s.l.s, An. funestus s.l.s

ND

Protective efficacy from malaria infection of 60% and 15% for full or partial ITPS coverage, respectively

[44]

Four tent walls + ceiling

Significant increase in time to first malaria infection among full ITPS coverage group

Significant increases in mean Hb concentration in both intervention groups

Ouidah-Kpomassè-Tori Bossito, Benin, community-level

Polypropylene sheeting (ITPS)

Bendiocarb (200 mg/m2)

Upper thirds of walls

Deltamethrin LLIN (PermaNet® 2.0; 55 mg/m2) (targeted coverage to pregnant women and <6 years)

An. gambiae s.l.s/r, An. funestus s.l.ND

No significant reductions in human biting rate, sporozoite rate or EIR for all interventions

No significant reductions in malaria incidence, prevalence or parasite density for ITPS + LLIN, UC of LLIN or LLIN + IRS compared to targeted LLIN

[21]

Significantly greater proportions of parous mosquitoes and indoor resting vectors in ITPS + LLIN villages

IRS

Bendiocarb (400 mg/m2)

All house walls

kdr allele frequency increased in all intervention groups

PermaNet® 2.0 LLIN

Deltamethrin (55 mg/m2)

Universal coverage

Balombo, Angola, community-level

Polyethylene sheeting (ITPS) (ZeroFly®)

Deltamethrin (360 mg/m2)

Full coverage

Deltamethrin LLIN (PermaNet® 2.0; 55 mg/m2)

An. funestus ND and other minor anopheline spp.

Significant reductions in indoor vector population density (82% for ITPS + LLINs; 78% for IRS; 73% for WL) and intensity of mosquito bites in most intervention villages, measured using anti-Anopheles saliva IgG antibodies levels

Significant reductions in malaria incidence (58% for ITPS + LLINs; 54% for IRS; 51% for WL)

[45]

IRS (lambdacyhalothrin; 25 mg/m2)

Polyethylene WL (ZeroVector®)

Deltamethrin (175 mg/m2)

  1. EIR entomological inoculation rate, Hb haemoglobin, IRS indoor residual spraying, ITPS Insecticide-treated plastic sheeting, LLIN long-lasting insecticidal net, ND not described, r resistant to one or more insecticides under investigation, s susceptible to one or more insecticides under investigation, UC universal coverage, WL wall lining
  2. aIndicates traditional, permanent rural households or villages, unless otherwise specified
  3. bFull coverage defined as four inner house walls, all interior surfaces in temporary structures or all interior surfaces in a λ-shaped tent, as applicable
  4. cOutcomes reported relative to untreated control, unless otherwise specified
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