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. 2015 Aug 6;2015(8):CD008736. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008736.pub2

8. Vector density: ITS versus no intervention.

Trial ID Unit of randomization Intervention Main vector Measure
 (method) Pre‐intervention Post‐intervention Effect measure (95% CI) or P value
ITS Control ITS Control
Kelly 1997 BRA Chicken sheds Sheets impregnated with lambdacyhalothrin (20 mg/m²) installed 1 meter from the chicken shed. Lu. longipalpis Geometric mean sandflies
 (light traps) 622.3
(October 1993)
404.6
(October 1993)
Not reported Not reported The trial authors state "the abundance in sheds was approximately 50% below that expected on the first day falling to about 80% at week 12 ‐ the only time the difference was statistically significant".

Abbreviations: BRA = Brazil: ITS = insecticide treated sheet.