Long-lasting insecticidal nets provide protection against malaria for only a single year in Burundi, an African highland setting with marked malaria seasonality.

Wim Van BortelJoachim MariënBart K M JacobsDenis SinzinkayoPierre SinarinziEmmanuel LampaertRob D'hondtJean-Marie MafukoAnja De WeggheleireFlorian VogtNeil AlexanderWilliam WintPeter MaesVeerle VanlerbergheCorey Leclair

Published in: BMJ global health (2022)

This study highlights that LLINs did reduce the incidence in the first year after a mass distribution campaign, but in the context of Burundi, LLINs lost their impact after only 1 year.

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
risk factors