Long-lasting insecticidal nets provide protection against malaria for only a single year in Burundi, an African highland setting with marked malaria seasonality

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ID21880943
AuthorsWim Van Bortel (0000-0002-6644-518X, Outbreak Research Team, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium), Philippe Gaudrat (corresponding author), Joachim Mariën (0000-0001-7023-445X, Outbreak Research Team, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium), Bart K M Jacobs (0000-0002-4677-0911, Department of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium), Denis Sinzinkayo (National Malaria Control Programme, Bujumbura, Burundi), Pierre Sinarinzi (National Malaria Control Programme, Bujumbura, Burundi), Emmanuel Lampaert (Médecins Sans Frontières), Rob D’hondt (Medical Department, Environmental Health Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières, Brussels, Belgium), Jean-Marie Mafuko (0000-0002-0606-5126, Médecins Sans Frontières), Anja de Weggheleire (0000-0001-9377-4766, Outbreak Research Team, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium), Florian Vogt (0000-0003-2686-3149, Outbreak Research Team, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium), Neil Alexander (0000-0003-1283-4646, University of Oxford), William Wint (0000-0003-0916-0847, University of Oxford), Peter Maes (0000-0002-7099-7681, Chief of WASH (Water,Sanitation and Hygiene), UNICEF, Kinshasa, Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)), Veerle Vanlerberghe (0000-0002-6531-0793, Tropical Infectious Diseases Group, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerpen, Belgium), Corey Leclair (Medical Department, Environmental Health Unit, Médecins Sans Frontières, Brussels, Belgium)
Year2022
Volume7
Issue12
Pagese009674
Publication date2022-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMJ Global Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2059-7908 • E-ISSN: 2059-7908
PublisherBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/bmjgh-2022-009674
OpenAlexW36455989
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited38

This study highlights that LLINs did reduce the incidence in the first year after a mass distribution campaign, but in the context of Burundi, LLINs lost their impact after only 1 year

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