PermaNet® Curtains - Published Studies
Insecticide-treated curtains have shown to provide efficacious control of several disease transmitting vectors.
Some of the most important studies on the efficacy of insecticide-treated curtains are mentioned below:
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| S. No. |
Title |
Publisher/Company |
Author/Agency |
Date |
| 1 |
Permethrin-impregnated curtains and bednets prevent malaria in Western Kenya |
Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. |
Sexton et al |
1990 |
| 2 |
Efficacy of permethrin-impregnated curtains for malaria vector control |
Medical and Vet. Ent. |
Majori et al |
1987 |
| 3 |
Widespread distribution of insecticide-impregnated curtains reduces child mortality, prevalence and intensity of malaria infection, and malaria transmission in rural Burkina Faso |
Parassitologia |
Diallo et al |
1999 |
| 4 |
Effective control of dengue vectors with curtains and water container covers treated with insecticide in Mexico and Venezuela: cluster randomised trials |
BMJ |
Kroeger, Lenhart et al |
2006 |
| 5 |
Comparative efficacy of house curtains impregnated with permethrin, lambdacyhalothrin or bendiocarb against the vector of bancroftian filariasis, Culex, in Matara, Sri Lanka |
Transactions of the royal society of trop. Med and Hyg. |
Weerasooriya et al |
1996 |
| 6 |
Pyrethroid-impregnated curtains for chagas' disease control in Venezuela |
Science Direct, Elsevier |
Herber and Kroeger |
2003 |
| 7 |
Insecticide impregnated curtains to control domestic transmission of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Venezuela: cluster randomised trial |
BMJ |
Kroeger et al |
2002 |
| 8 |
Efficacy of permethrin-impregnated curtains against endophilic phlebotomine sandflies in Burkina Faso |
Medical and Vet. Ent. |
Majori et al |
1989 |
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