Insecticide treatments effective against malaria also suppressed household pests, but resistance among these pests has led to their return, causing community distrust and a decline in the use of these malaria control methods. Credit: Photo courtesy of Matt Bertone, NC State University.
A DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2024.0609
The review was supported in part by the Blanton J. Whitmire Endowment at NC State, and grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Healthy Homes program (NCHHU0053-19), the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Natick Contracting Division, Ft. Detrick, Maryland (W911QY1910011), and the Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine (257367).
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