Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

9 questions · 9 findings · 2 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 1 · 11.1%Very low 1 · 11.1%Low 7 · 77.8%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Malaria infection incidence alone( · people living in malaria‐endemic areas

Topical repellents showed no clear difference in malaria infection incidence alone( compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Topical repellents for malaria prevention 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Rate ratio 0.76 [0.56, 1.02]
1 study · 12813 participants
Low

Malaria case incidence alone( · people living in malaria‐endemic areas

Topical repellents showed no clear difference in malaria case incidence alone( compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Topical repellents for malaria prevention 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Rate ratio 0.66 [0.32, 1.36]
48838 participants
Low

Malaria case and infection incidence together ( · people living in malaria‐endemic areas

Topical repellents may leads to lower malaria case and infection incidence together ( compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Topical repellents for malaria prevention 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Rate ratio 0.74 [0.56, 0.98]
1 study · 61651 participants
Low

Adverse events · people living in malaria‐endemic areas

1 finding from 1 review

Topical repellents for malaria prevention 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 47515 participants
GRADE not reported

Malaria parasite prevalence · people living in malaria‐endemic areas

Topical repellents may leads to lower malaria prevalence ( compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Topical repellents for malaria prevention 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Odds ratio 0.81 [0.67, 0.97]
1 study · 55366 participants
Low

Clinical malaria: P. falciparum · malaria prevention

It is very uncertain whether topical repellents changes clinical malaria: P. falciparum compared with placebo or no treatment (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Mosquito repellents for malaria prevention 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.65 [0.4, 1.07]
3 studies · 4450 participants
Very low

Parasitaemia: P. falciparum · malaria prevention

Topical repellents showed no clear difference in parasitaemia: P. falciparum compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Mosquito repellents for malaria prevention 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.84 [0.64, 1.12]
4 studies · 13310 participants
Low

Clinical malaria: P. vivax · malaria prevention

Topical repellents showed no clear difference in clinical malaria: P. vivax compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Mosquito repellents for malaria prevention 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.32 [0.99, 1.76]
2 studies · 3996 participants
Low

Parasitaemia: P. vivax · malaria prevention

Topical repellents showed no clear difference in parasitaemia: P. vivax compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Mosquito repellents for malaria prevention 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.07 [0.8, 1.41]
3 studies · 9434 participants
Low