Moore 2016.
Methods | Experimental hut trial | |
Participants | An arabiensis (100%), An funestus group (95% s.s.) | |
Interventions | Control: LLIN, MAGNet LN Intervention: LLIN, Veeralin LN |
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Outcomes | Mosquito mortality, blood feeding, deterrence, exophily | |
Mosquito resistance status |
An arabiensis ‐ susceptible (alphacypermethrin, 100% mortality, N = 97) An funestus ‐ unclassified |
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Net treatment | Nets holed, nets unwashed and washed (x 20) | |
Location(s) | Ifakara, Tanzania | |
Notes | Although additional data provided showed resistance to deltamethrin and permethrin in An gambaie s.l. | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Were the mosquitoes in LLIN and LLIN + PBO groups comparable | Low risk | The hut trial was conducted in the same area, therefore characteristics are similar |
Collectors blinded | Unclear risk | Paper does not state if collectors were blinded. |
Sleepers blinded | Unclear risk | Paper does not state if sleepers were blinded. |
Sleeper bias | Low risk | Sleepers were rotated between hut following a Latin square design. |
Treatment allocation (was the treatment allocation sequence randomly/adequately generated | Low risk | Treatments were not randomly allocated to huts however the trial completed a full rotation through the huts. |
Treatment rotation | Low risk | Treatments were rotated between hut following a Latin square design. |
Standardized hut design | Low risk | The study used the standard design of the Ifakara experimental huts. |
Hut cleaning between treatments | Unclear risk | The paper does not state if huts were cleared between treatments. |
Were incomplete outcome data adequately addressed | Low risk | No incomplete outcome data |
Were the raw data reported for LLIN and LLIN + PBO groups | Low risk | No missing outcome data |
Trial authors' conflicting interest | Low risk | The trial authors declared they received prescribed standard fees from Vestergaard Frandsen for evaluating their pesticide products, however this is standard practice. |