CREC/LSHTM Collaborative Research Programme BLOG

This current issue of the CREC/LSHTM Newsletter presents you with interesting updates including staff training in GIS, Quality Assurance activities, and open access to our recent publications, as well as some important upcoming events and calls for grants - especially opportunities more related to African researchers and students. Follow this link to read full newsletter, and get interactive with us on our social media handles as well. #vectorcontrol #mosquito #malaria... Click here

Efficacy of Royal Guard, a new alpha‑cypermethrin and pyriproxyfen treated mosquito net, against pyrethroid‑resistant malaria vectors Corine Ngufor1,2,3*, Abel Agbevo2,3, Josias Fagbohoun2,3, Augustin Fongnikin2,3 & Mark Rowland1,3 Please click here to read more... https://rdcu.be/b5Mjh

CREC/LSHTM has found indoor residual spraying with chlorfenapyr (Sylando® 240SC) to provide moderate but prolonged control of pyrethroid-resistant malaria vectors compared to pyrethroid and bendiocarb IRS. And recommends that WHO guidelines on residual cone bioassays need to be more insecticide-specific. Access the article by Ngufor et al 2020, from Malaria Journal via this link. https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-020-03325-2