title: Reducing visceral leishmaniasis by insecticide impregnation of bed-nets, Bangladesh.
abstract: The effect of insecticide-treated materials on reducing visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is disputable. In Bangladesh, we evaluated the effect of a community-based intervention with insecticide impregnation of existing bed-nets in reducing VL incidence. This intervention reduced VL by 66.5%. Widespread bed-net impregnation with slow-release insecticide may control VL in Bangladesh.
authors.affiliation: International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. din63d@icddrb.org
authors.forename: Dinesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.forename: M Mamun
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Huda
authors.forename: Mithun Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Karmoker
authors.forename: Debashis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Greg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Matlashewski
authors.forename: Shah Golam
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Nabi
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kroeger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007300:Insect Control; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000469:parasitology; D057148:Insecticide-Treated Bednets; D007306:Insecticides / Q000737:chemistry*; D007893:Leishmania donovani; D007898:Leishmaniasis, Visceral / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011576:Psychodidae / Q000469:parasitology
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides
keywords: Bangladesh; Leishmania spp.; bed-net impregnation; insecticides; parasites; sandflies; vector control; vector-borne infections; visceral leishmaniasis