Resurgence of malaria in Uganda despite sustained indoor residual spraying and repeated long lasting insecticidal net distributions.

Five years of sustained indoor residual spraying (IRS) of insecticide from 2014 to 2019, first using a carbamate followed by an organophosphate, was associated with a marked reduction in the incidence of malaria in five districts of Uganda. We assessed changes in malaria incidence over an additional...

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Main Authors: Adrienne Epstein, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Jane F Namuganga, Joaniter I Nankabirwa, Samuel Gonahasa, Jimmy Opigo, Sarah G Staedke, Damian Rutazaana, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Moses R Kamya, Samir Bhatt, Isabel Rodríguez-Barraquer, Bryan Greenhouse, Martin J Donnelly, Grant Dorsey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000676