Coating Formulation Change Leads to Inferior Performance of Long-Lasting Insecticidal Nets in Papua New Guinea

Authors

Nakei Bubun
Evodia Anetul
Melanie Koinari
Timothy W Freeman
Stephan Karl

Publication Date

11-24-2022

Journal

Cancer Medicine

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) play a key role in reducing malaria transmission in endemic countries. In a previous study, the authors demonstrated a substantial decrease in the bioefficacy of LLINs for malaria prevention delivered to Papua New Guinea (PNG) between 2013 and 2019. This coincided with a rise in malaria cases in the country. The present study was aimed at determining the underlying cause of the reduced bioefficacy observed in these LLINs. The main hypothesis was that a change in the coating formulation of the respective LLIN product was responsible, and had led to significantly altered product properties and performance.

METHODS: A set of PermaNet

RESULTS: High polymer fluorine content (average 3.2 g/kg) was measured in PermaNet

CONCLUSION: A change in coating formulation of PermaNet

Keywords

Animals, Insecticides, Papua New Guinea, Fluorine, Culicidae, Fluorocarbons, Polymers, cancer, clinical management, hereditary, variant of uncertain significance, variant reclassification

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Data Availability Statement

PMID: 36426404