PMID- 17277492
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071113
LR  - 20220321
IS  - 0256-4947 (Print)
IS  - 0975-4466 (Electronic)
IS  - 0256-4947 (Linking)
VI  - 27
IP  - 1
DP  - 2007 Jan-Feb
TI  - Deltamethrin-impregnated bed nets and curtains in an anthroponotic cutaneous 
      leishmaniasis control program in northeastern Iran.
PG  - 6-12
AB  - BACKGROUND: Anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ACL) has long been a 
      significant public health problem in northeastern Iran. The objective of this 
      study was to determine the efficacy of deltamethrin-impregnated vs. 
      nonimpregnated bed nets (NIBs) and curtains (NICs) in ACL control. PATIENTS: 
      Deltamethrin-impregnated bed nets (IBs) and curtains (ICs) with 25 mg ai/m2 were 
      distributed among 160 households in one district and NIBs and NICs were 
      distributed among the same number of households in another district. A third 
      district with a similar numbers of households served as a control. Health 
      education mes- sages were disseminated to ensure the populationas complicance 
      with the proper use of bed nets and curtains. Sticky paper traps were used to 
      assess the effect of insecticide-impregnated bed nets and curtains on the density 
      of Phlebotomus sergenti. Deltamethrin susceptibility and also bioassay tests were 
      carried out on the species by WHO standard method. Case findings were done by 
      house-to-house visits once a season and all the inhabitants of the selected 
      households in each district were examined. RESULTS: IBs and ICs provided good 
      protection against sandfly bites and reduced the transmission of ACL in the 
      intervention district, while NIBs and NICs provided no protection. There was no 
      significant difference in monthly density of P. sergenti indoors and outdoors 
      among the districts (P>0.05). This species was susceptible to delta- methrin in 
      the field population in the area. Bioassays confirmed that the nets treated with 
      deltamethrin remained effective for more than 3 months. CONCLUSION: Personal 
      protection is an effective and sustainable means of preventing and controlling 
      ACL and can reduce dependence on insecticides. We encourage the use of IBs and 
      ICs to control ACL in other high-risk areas of Iran and Afghanistan during the 
      active season of sandflies.
FAU - Moosa-Kazemi, Seyed-Hassan
AU  - Moosa-Kazemi SH
AD  - School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research, Tehran 
      University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
FAU - Yaghoobi-Ershadir, Mohammad-Reza
AU  - Yaghoobi-Ershadir MR
FAU - Akhavan, Amir-Ahmad
AU  - Akhavan AA
FAU - Abdoli, Hamid
AU  - Abdoli H
FAU - Zahraei-Ramazani, Ali-Reza
AU  - Zahraei-Ramazani AR
FAU - Jafari, Reza
AU  - Jafari R
FAU - Houshmand, Badakhshan
AU  - Houshmand B
FAU - Nadim, Abolhassan
AU  - Nadim A
FAU - Hosseini, Mostafa
AU  - Hosseini M
LA  - eng
PT  - Clinical Trial
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Saudi Arabia
TA  - Ann Saudi Med
JT  - Annals of Saudi medicine
JID - 8507355
RN  - 0 (Insecticides)
RN  - 0 (Nitriles)
RN  - 0 (Pyrethrins)
RN  - 2JTS8R821G (decamethrin)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Bedding and Linens
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - *Endemic Diseases
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Incidence
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - *Insecticides
MH  - Iran/epidemiology
MH  - Leishmaniasis, Cutaneous/*epidemiology/*prevention & control
MH  - Male
MH  - Nitriles
MH  - *Phlebotomus
MH  - Pyrethrins
MH  - Rural Health
MH  - Zoonoses
PMC - PMC6077027
EDAT- 2007/02/06 09:00
MHDA- 2007/11/14 09:00
PMCR- 2007/01/01
CRDT- 2007/02/06 09:00
PHST- 2007/02/06 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/11/14 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/02/06 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2007/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 05-336 [pii]
AID - asm-1-6 [pii]
AID - 10.5144/0256-4947.2007.6 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Saudi Med. 2007 Jan-Feb;27(1):6-12. doi: 10.5144/0256-4947.2007.6.