Does washing insecticide-treated nets 20 times for experimental hut evaluations provide a suitable proxy for their end-of-life performance under household conditions?
In this setting, the 20-wash method provided a suitable proxy for the end-of-life killing and sterilising performance of Interceptor<sup>®</sup>, PermaNet<sup>®</sup> 3.0 and Royal Guard® in experimental huts. In contrast, washing overestimated the end-of-life performance of Interceptor<sup>®</sup> G2 for mortality and underestimated the personal protection of all field-aged ITNs.
Authors
- Juniace Ahoga
- Joël Akpi
- Abel Agbevo
- Boris N’dombidjé
- Corine Ngufor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7755-9609)
- Josias Fagbohoun
- Thomas Syme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0277-3923)
- Judicaël Nounagnon
Institutions
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Parasites & Vectors
- Published
- 2025-04-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-025-06743-w
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.88
Funders
- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine