PEDIATRICS Vol. 96 No. 1 July 1995, pp. 58
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EFFECTIVENESS OF PERMETHRIN-IMPREGNATED BED NETS AND CURTAINS FOR MALARIA CONTROL IN A HOLOENDEMIC AREA OF WESTERN KENYA

RF Beach , TK Ruebush II , and JD Sexton

Beach and colleagues were able to demonstrate the effectiveness of permethrin-impregnated bed nets and window/door curtains in this study from Kenya. A marked reduction in the incidence of Plasmodium falciparum infections in young children was observed with the use of bed nets and a smaller, but still significant reduction, was observed with curtains.

P falciparum parasitemia, fever, and insect inoculation rates were also reduced in a similar manner. During periods of high levels of transmission, as occurred in this study, bed nets seemed to delay rather than prevent infection.