[afro-nets] Blog Release: New DDT study in PLoS One sheds light on resistance

["Philip Coticelli" <pcoticelli@fightingmalaria.org>]

This information was distributed to global media today. We are sharing it with you now because we hope, regardless of your predisposition, that it will add to the discussion on the risks, benefits and role of resistance in using DDT for malaria control and other public health programs. Blog on, Phil

Blog Release
PLoS One: DDT Highly Effective Against Resistant Mosquitoes 
New study recommends using DDT to control #1 killer of African children: malaria

Washington, D.C. - A study published today by the open access journal Public Library of Science (PloS) One found that three out of five DDT-resistant Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, carriers of human diseases like dengue and urban yellow fever, avoid huts sprayed with DDT. The chemical's unique spatial repellent action, combined with its moderate irritant and toxic properties, reduced the risk of disease transmission by nearly threequarters.

Read the full Blog Release here: http://fightingmalaria.org/pdfs/8.08.07_Blog_Release.pdf
Read about the applicability of the study results to malaria control with DDT: http://fightingmalaria.org/pdfs/8.08.07_Malaria_Facts.pdf

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Philip Coticelli
Research and Communications Manager
Africa Fighting Malaria
Office: +1-202-223-3519
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mailto:pcoticelli@fightingmalaria.org