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Happy 66th Independence Day, Benin!
Today, AIRID joins the nation in celebrating the 66th Independence Day of Benin, honoring the country's rich history, re...
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Joyeuse 66ᵉ Fête de l'Indépendance, Bénin !
À l'occasion du 66ᵉ anniversaire de l'indépendance du Bénin, AIRID célèbre l'histoire, la résilience et les réalisations...
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AIRID et la Direction Générale de la Recherche Scientifique et de l’Innovation o...
L’Institut Africain de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses (AIRID) a signé un Accord-Cadre de Collaboration avec la...
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AIRID and the General Directorate for Scientific Research and Innovation Formali...
The African Institute for Research in Infectious Diseases (AIRID) has signed a Framework Collaboration Agreement with th...
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Dr. Corine Ngufor Shares Insights on the Impact of Next-Generation Malaria Nets
At AIRID, we work tirelessly to stay ahead of the mosquito by generating the evidence that drives the next generation of...
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AIRID Welcomes Dr. Seynudé Jean-Fortuné Dagnon from the Gates Foundation
The African Institute for Research in Infectious Diseases (AIRID) welcomed Dr. Seynudé Jean-Fortuné Dagnon from the Gate...
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AIRID Welcomes Beverly Ochieng to Discuss the Future of Malaria Eradication
The African Institute for Research in Infectious Diseases (AIRID) welcomed Beverly Ochieng from Control Risks for discus...
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Happy World Youth Skills Day!
At AIRID, we believe that today's youth are tomorrow's scientists, innovators, and public health leaders. Through mentor...
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AIRID Announces New Strategic Research Partnership
The African Institute for Research in Infectious Diseases (AIRID) is pleased to announce a new collaboration with the Na...
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Every breakthrough in vector control starts with a simple question: will it work...
Experimental huts play a crucial role in bridging laboratory research and real-world application by enabling the evaluat...
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World Dengue Day 2026: Raising Awareness and Strengthening Dengue Prevention Eff...
On World Dengue Day 2026, AIRID joins the global community in raising awareness about dengue, a rapidly growing mosquito...
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Investing in the Next Generation of Infectious Disease Professionals
AIRID is proud to welcome a new cohort of interns who are gaining practical experience in research, field operations, an...
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World Environment Day 2026
A healthy environment is the foundation of healthy communities. Environmental conditions play a critical role in the t...
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Promoting Sustained Use of Dual AI Mosquito Nets to Strengthen Malaria Preventio...
As part of an AIRID-led study in the Dassa Commune of Benin, community engagement activities are being conducted to prom...
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AIRID is strengthening capacity for vector control research !
Our laboratory team recently completed hands-on training on the Agilent High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) sy...
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AIRID welcomes a new Human Resources Manager
The African Institute for Research in Infectious Diseases (AIRID) is pleased to welcome Mrs. Oluwachegoun Jokébed Neila...
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Investing in future African scientists starts with creating opportunities.
Today, Dr. Corine Ngufor, Executive Director of the African Institute for Research in Infectious Diseases (AIRID), offic...
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Seasonal intensification could help ensure malaria vaccines protect children whe...
Last week, AIRID participated in a stakeholder meeting in Benin where results from a GAVI-funded project on learnings fo...
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May 1st | International Workers’ Day
At AIRID, every achievement in research and innovation is made possible by dedicated individuals who work tirelessly to...
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VISIT | Roll Back Malaria Partnership at AIRID
AIRID was pleased to welcome Barbara Laurenceau and Philippe E. BATIENON from the RBM Partnership to End Malaria during...
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World Malaria Day 2026
DRIVEN TO END MALARIA: NOW WE CAN. NOW WE MUST.
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GLP-Certified Evaluation of Vector Control Products in West Africa
The African Institute for Research in Infectious Diseases delivers OECD GLP-compliant studies for vector control product...
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New Policy Engagement | Project PLUS – Benin
Earlier this week, we had the privilege of presenting key findings from the Unitaid funded PLUS Project to the National...
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AIRID at VCWG 21 | Nairobi, Kenya
The African Institute for Research in Infectious Diseases (AIRID) is proud to be participating in VCWG 21, the Vector Co...
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AIRID at VCWG 21 – Nairobi, Kenya
We are pleased to announce that the African Institute for Research in Infectious Diseases (AIRID) will participate as a...
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ATSB Project
The project aims to address critical knowledge gaps concerning the sugar-feeding behaviors of African malaria vectors an...
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GAVI-SIRI Project
The GAVI-SIRI project in Benin evaluates a seasonal strategy for delivering the malaria vaccine just before the rainy se...
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OPTIMVEC
The OPTIMVEC project is a cutting-edge research initiative designed to address the challenge of residual malaria transmi...
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CREC/LSHTM Newsletter 24th Issue | 30th October 2023
We are delighted to bring you this 24th issue of the CREC/LSHTM newsletter. In this issue, we are pleased to share with...
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CREC/LSHTM Newsletter 24th Issue | 30th October 2023
We are delighted to bring you this 24th issue of the CREC/LSHTM newsletter. In this issue, we are pleased to share with...
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CREC/LSHTM Newsletter 24th Issue | 30th October 2023
We are delighted to bring you this 24th issue of the CREC/LSHTM newsletter. In this issue, we are pleased to share with...
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CREC/LSHTM Newsletter 24th Issue | 30th October 2023
We are delighted to bring you this 24th issue of the CREC/LSHTM newsletter. In this issue, we are pleased to share with...
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CREC/LSHTM Newsletter 24th Issue | 30th October 2023
We are delighted to bring you this 24th issue of the CREC/LSHTM newsletter. In this issue, we are pleased to share with...
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CREC/LSHTM Newsletter 24th Issue | 30th October 2023
We are delighted to bring you this 24th issue of the CREC/LSHTM newsletter. In this issue, we are pleased to share with...
Blog
CREC/LSHTM Newsletter 24th Issue | 30th October 2023
We are delighted to bring you this 24th issue of the CREC/LSHTM newsletter. In this issue, we are pleased to share with...
Blog
CREC/LSHTM Newsletter 24th Issue | 30th October 2023
We are delighted to bring you this 24th issue of the CREC/LSHTM newsletter. In this issue, we are pleased to share with...
Project
DuraNet® Plus Multi-Country Durability Study
The DuraNet® Plus Durability Study is a major multi-country operational research project evaluating the long-term physic...
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Spatial Emanator Project (2022–2025)
The Spatial Emanator Project is an applied research initiative designed to evaluate the efficacy of novel spatial emanat...
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New Nets project
The “New Nets” study was a large community trial conducted in Benin to evaluate new long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN...
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VESTERGAARD ITN Testing
Through laboratory bioassays, experimental hut trials, and community field studies, AIRID generates high-quality data on...
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VECTRON T500 COMMUNITY TRIAL (IRS)
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended the rotation of insecticides for indoor residual spraying (IRS) as a str...
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Durability of the insecticidal activity of next-generation insecticide treated n...
As next-generation insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are increasingly deployed, mon-itoring their durability under operati...
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A multi-country non-inferiority experimental hut evaluation of DuraNet® Plus, an...
Pyrethroid-piperonyl butoxide (PBO) nets enhance malaria vector control by counteracting metabolic resistance mechanisms...
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Experimental hut evaluation of mosquito shield, a transfluthrin spatial emanator...
<h6>Background:</h6> Spatial emanators disrupt mosquito behaviour by inducing movement away from chemical stimuli and...
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The accuracy of recording malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) results in public...
This six-month study, conducted in 16 public health facilities in Benin, assessed the accuracy of recording malaria rapi...
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Efficacy of Mosquito ShieldTM, a transfluthrin spatial emanator against wild, fr...
Background Spatial emanators disrupt mosquito behaviour by inducing movement away from chemical stimuli and interfering...
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Efficacy of Vector Guard®, a mosaic alpha-cypermethrin and piperonyl butoxide- t...
Background: Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) combining pyrethroids with piperonyl butoxide (PBO) have improved the contro...
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Assessing the accuracy of the recording and reporting of malaria rapid diagnosti...
Rapid diagnostic test (RDT) results are the foundation of both case management and malaria surveillance across sub-Sahar...
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Impact of dual active ingredients long-lasting insecticidal nets on the genetic...
Insecticide resistance amongst vector populations is a major challenge, exacerbated by the continued use of the same act...
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Can behaviour change communication improve malaria control?
In the past two decades, about 25% of the total funds for malaria (∼US$4 billion in 2023) has been historically donated...
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Characteristics of healthcare workers associated with inaccurate recording of ma...
Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have improved case management and surveillance across sub-Saharan Africa by reduci...
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The accuracy of recording malaria rapid diagnostic test (RDT) results in public...
Accurate interpretation and recording of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are critical for case management and surv...
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Are malaria rapid diagnostic test results stable over time to support verificati...
Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) have improved malaria case management by enabling point-of-care confirmation of infection,...
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Does washing insecticide-treated nets 20 times for experimental hut evaluations...
Insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) are washed 20 times as part of experimental hut trials to simulate the loss of active in...
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The experimental hut efficacy of next-generation insecticide-treated nets agains...
Cluster-randomized controlled trials (cluster-RCTs) have demonstrated variation in the epidemiological efficacy of diffe...
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The epidemiological benefit of pyrethroid–pyrrole insecticide treated nets again...
Insecticide treated nets (ITNs) are the most important malaria prevention tool in Africa but the rise of pyrethroid resi...
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The effect of next-generation, dual-active-ingredient, long-lasting insecticidal...
Insecticide resistance among malaria vector species now occurs in 84 malaria-endemic countries and territories worldwide...
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Diversity and ecological niche model of malaria vector and non-vector mosquito s...
The present study aimed to assess mosquito species diversity, distribution, and ecological preferences in the Covè, Ouin...
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Efficacy of pyrethroid-pyriproxyfen and pyrethroid-chlorfenapyr nets on entomolo...
The present cluster-randomised control trial aims to assess the entomological efficacy of pyrethroid-pyriproxyfen and py...
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Effectiveness of pyriproxyfen-pyrethroid and chlorfenapyr-pyrethroid long-lastin...
Malaria continues to kill approximately 650 000 people each year. There is evidence that some second-generation insectic...
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Identifying suitable methods for evaluating the sterilizing effects of pyriproxy...
Nets containing pyriproxyfen, an insect growth regulator that sterilizes adult mosquitoes, have become available for mal...
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The epidemiological benefit of pyrethroid–pyrrole insecticide treated nets again...
Insecticide treated nets (ITNs) are the most important malaria prevention tool in Africa but the rise of pyrethroid resi...
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The attrition, physical and insecticidal durability of two dual active ingredien...
Studies evaluating the attrition, physical and insecticidal durability of dual active ingredient (AI) insecticide-treate...
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Laboratory evaluation of the regeneration time, efficacy and wash-resistance of...
The large-scale roll-out of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) has been credited with most of the declines in malaria obser...
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Mosquito Shield™, a transfluthrin passive emanator, protects against pyrethroid-...
Spatial repellents can provide personal and household protection against biting vector mosquitoes by volatizing repellen...
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Malaria prevalence and transmission in the Zakpota sub-district of central Benin...
Malaria transmission is known to be perennial and heterogeneous in Benin. Studies assessing local malaria prevalence, tr...
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Laboratory evaluation of the contact irritancy of a clothianidin solo formulatio...
Clothianidin-based indoor residual spraying (IRS) formulations have become available for malaria control as either solo...
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Efficacy of pyriproxyfen-pyrethroid long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and c...
New classes of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) combining mixtures of insecticides with different modes of action...
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PermaNet® Dual, a new deltamethrin-chlorfenapyr mixture net, shows improved effi...
Pyrethroid-chlorfenapyr nets have demonstrated improved entomological and epidemiological impact in trials across Africa...
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Investigating discriminating concentrations for monitoring susceptibility to bro...
Broflanilide is a new insecticide being developed for malaria vector control. As new insecticide chemistries become avai...
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Evaluating the attrition, fabric integrity and insecticidal durability of two du...
Following the World Health Organization (WHO) endorsement of dual active ingredient (AI) nets, an increased uptake of py...
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Community evaluation of VECTRON™ T500, a brofanilide insecticide, for indoor res...
VECTRON™ T500 is a wettable powder IRS formulation of broflanilide, a newly discovered insecticide. We performed a two-a...
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Community evaluation of the physical and insecticidal durability of DuraNet® Plu...
Pyrethroid-PBO nets have demonstrated improved impact against clinical malaria transmitted by pyrethroid resistant mosqu...
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Pyrethroid-piperonyl butoxide (PBO) nets reduce the efficacy of indoor residual...
Pirimiphos-methyl is a pro-insecticide requiring activation by mosquito cytochrome P450 enzymes to induce toxicity while...
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Pirikool® 300 CS, a new long-lasting capsule suspension formulation of the organ...
Indoor residual spraying (IRS) using a capsule suspension formulation of the organophosphate insecticide, pirimiphos-met...
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Strain Characterisation for Measuring Bioefficacy of ITNs Treated with Two Activ...
Durability monitoring of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) containing a pyrethroid in combination with a second active ing...
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Inferring the epidemiological benefit of indoor vector control interventions aga...
The cause of malaria transmission has been known for over a century but it is still unclear whether entomological measur...
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VECTRON™ T500, a new broflanilide insecticide for indoor residual spraying, prov...
Broflanilide is a newly discovered insecticide with a novel mode of action targeting insect γ-aminobutyric acid receptor...
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Efficacy of broflanilide (VECTRON T500), a new meta-diamide insecticide, for ind...
The rotational use of insecticides with different modes of action for indoor residual spraying (IRS) is recommended for...
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Which indoor residual spraying insecticide best complements standard pyrethroid...
Where resources are available, non-pyrethroid IRS can be deployed to complement standard pyrethroid LLINs with the aim...
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Assessing the efficacy of two dual-active ingredients long-lasting insecticidal...
Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are currently the primary method of malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa and ha...
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Systematic review of the entomological impact of insecticide-treated nets evalua...
Resistance of anopheline mosquitoes to pyrethroid insecticides is spreading rapidly across sub-Saharan Africa, diminishi...
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Efficacy of broflanilide (VECTRON T500), a new meta-diamide insecticide, for ind...
The rotational use of insecticides with different modes of action for indoor residual spraying (IRS) is recommended for...
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Pre-intervention characteristics of themosquito species in Benin in preparation...
This study provides detailed characteristics of vector populations in preparation for a three arm cluster randomized con...
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Systematic review of the entomological impact of insecticide-treated nets evalua...
Resistance of anopheline mosquitoes to pyrethroid insecticides is spreading rapidly across sub-Saharan Africa, diminishi...
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Can pyrethroid-piperonyl butoxide (PBO) nets reduce the efficacy of indoor resid...
As the uptake of pyrethroid-PBO ITNs increases, their combination with IRS insecticides could become an operational real...
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The Automatic Classification of Pyriproxyfen-Affected Mosquito Ovaries.
Pyriproxyfen (PPF) may become an alternative insecticide for areas where pyrethroid-resistant vectors are prevalent. The...
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Efficacy of Royal Guard, a new alpha-cypermethrin and pyriproxyfen treated mosqu...
Royal Guard is a new insecticide-treated bed-net incorporated with a mixture of alpha-cypermethrin and pyriproxyfen (an...
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Indoor spraying with chlorfenapyr (a pyrrole insecticide) provides residual cont...
New classes of insecticides with novel modes of action, which can provide effective and prolonged control of insecticide...
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Efficacy of Fludora® Fusion (a mixture of deltamethrin and clothianidin) for ind...
A new generation of IRS insecticides which can provide improved and prolonged control of pyrethroid-resistant malaria v...
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Efficacy of broflanilide (VECTRON™ T500), a new meta-diamide insecticide, for in...
The rotational use of insecticides with different modes of action for indoor residual spraying (IRS) is recommended for...
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Which intervention is better for malaria vector control: insecticide mixture lon...
Malaria control today is threatened by widespread insecticide resistance in vector populations. The World Health Organiz...
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Indoor residual spraying with a mixture of clothianidin (a neo...
There is an urgent need for new insecticides for indoor residual spraying (IRS) which can provide improved and prolonged...
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A chlorphenapyr mixture net Interceptor G2 shows high efficacy and wash durabili...
Malaria control through use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LN) is threatened by the selection of anopheline mosquito...
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Chlorphenapyr (A pyrrole insecticide) applied alone or as a mixture with Alpha-c...
Indoor spraying of walls and ceilings with residual insecticide remains a primary method of malaria control. Insecticide...
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Efficacy of the Olyset Duo net against insecticide-resistant mosquito vectors of...
Olyset Duo is a new long-lasting insecticidal net treated with permethrin (a pyrethroid) and pyriproxyfen, an insect gro...
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Insecticide resistance profile of Anopheles gambiae from a phase II field statio...
Novel indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) products aimed at improving the control of...
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Olyset Duo® (a Pyriproxyfen and Permethrin Mixture Net): An Experimental Hut Tri...
Alternative compounds which can complement pyrethroids on long-lasting insecticidal nets (LN) in the control of pyrethro...
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Mosquito nets treated with a mixture of chlorfenapyr and alphacypermethrin contr...
The effectiveness of insecticide treated nets is under threat across Africa south of the Sahara from the selection of py...
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A new long-lasting indoor residual formulation of the organophosphate insecticid...
Alternative compounds which can complement pyrethroids on long-lasting insecticidal nets (LN) in the control of pyrethro...
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Loss of Household Protection from Use of Insecticide-Treated Nets against Pyreth...
Pyrethroid resistance is becoming widespread in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes, coinciding with expanded use of insecticid...
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Combining indoor residual spraying with chlorfenapyr and long-lasting insecticid...
Neither indoor residual spraying (IRS) nor long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are able to fully interrupt transmissi...
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Control of pyrethroid-resistant Anopheles gambiae and Culex quinquefasciatus mos...
To compare the efficacy of chlorfenapyr applied on mosquito nets and as an indoor residual spray against populations of...
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Control of pyrethroid and DDT-resistant Anopheles gambiae by application of indo...
Scaling up of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) and indoor residual spraying (IRS) with support from the Global Fun...
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An experimental hut evaluation of PermaNet® 3.0, a deltamethrin–piperonyl butoxi...
PermaNet 3.0 is a long-lasting combination net with deltamethrin present on the sides and a mixture of deltamethrin and...