March 3, 2026

Redefining the Wash Resistance Index to predict insecticidal durability of mosquito nets.

Key Points

Improving the prediction of insecticidal durability allows for longer-lasting mosquito nets and better malaria control.
The analysis indicates that excluding the first wash from the wash resistance index (WRI) enhances its predictive ability for durability.
A new metric, the wash-off rate index (WORI), intuitively expresses the average wash-off across initial washes.
Understanding production and storage effects can refine assessment techniques for mosquito net longevity.

Abstract

Excluding the first wash from WRI improves prediction of WR20. First-wash loss reflects production and storage effects rather than intrinsic wash resistance. Wash resistance can be more intuitively expressed as the Wash-Off Rate Index (WORI), representing average wash-off between washes 1-5.

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Skovmand et al. (Thu,) studied this question.

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Olé Skovmand

Duoc Dang

Trung Q. Tran

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University of Basel

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute

Ifakara Health Institute

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Redefining the Wash Resistance Index to predict insecticidal durability of mosquito nets.

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