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Community-randomized trial of lambdacyhalothrin-treated hammock nets for malaria control in Yanomami communities in the Amazon region of Venezuela.

Abstract
We conducted a community-randomized controlled trial in an area of moderate malaria transmission in the Amazon region, southern Venezuela, home of the Yanomami indigenous ethnic group. The aim was to compare the malaria incidence rate in villages with lambdacyhalothrin-treated hammock nets (ITHN) or with placebo-treated hammock nets (PTHN). In both arms of the study, intensive surveillance for early case detection was maintained and prompt malaria treatment was administered. Baseline data were collected before the intervention and a population of around 924 Yanomami was followed for 2 years. Despite the recent introduction of nets in the Yanomami villages and the adverse natural conditions in the area, the nets were accepted enthusiastically by the study population, used conscientiously and looked after carefully. The malaria incidence rate per thousand person-years at risk was 114.6 in the IHTN group and 186.8 in the PTHN group. The adjusted rate ratios indicated that ITHN prevent 56% [IRR: 0.44, 95% confidence interval (CI): 52-59%] of new malaria cases. ITHN reduced the prevalence of parasitaemia by 83% [relative risks (RR): 0.17, 95% CI: 47-100%], according to a cross-sectional survey carried out during the high transmission season. The prevalence of splenomegaly and anaemia was too low to detect any possible reduction as a result of ITHN. The main conclusion of the present study is that ITHN can reduce malaria incidence in the area and it is the most feasible method for malaria control in a forested area where indigenous villages are scattered over a large territory. This is the first community-level epidemiological trial to show that ITHN are highly effective against malaria transmitted by Anopheles darlingi.
AuthorsM Magris, Y Rubio-Palis, N Alexander, B Ruiz, N Galván, D Frias, M Blanco, J Lines
JournalTropical medicine & international health : TM & IH (Trop Med Int Health) Vol. 12 Issue 3 Pg. 392-403 (Mar 2007) ISSN: 1360-2276 [Print] England
PMID17313511 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Hemoglobins
  • Insecticides
  • Nitriles
  • Pyrethrins
  • cyhalothrin
Topics
  • Animals
  • Anopheles (drug effects)
  • Bedding and Linens
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Hemoglobins (analysis)
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Indians, South American
  • Insect Vectors (drug effects)
  • Insecticides (pharmacology)
  • Malaria (epidemiology, ethnology, prevention & control)
  • Malaria, Falciparum (prevention & control)
  • Malaria, Vivax (prevention & control)
  • Nitriles (pharmacology)
  • Plasmodium falciparum (drug effects)
  • Plasmodium malariae (drug effects)
  • Plasmodium vivax (drug effects)
  • Prevalence
  • Pyrethrins (pharmacology)
  • Rural Health
  • Single-Blind Method
  • Splenomegaly (epidemiology)
  • Venezuela (epidemiology, ethnology)

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