Indoor residual spraying (IRS) (IRS)
Malaria
Treatment of houses where people spend night-time hours, by spraying insecticides that have residual efficacy (i.e., that continue to affect mosquitoes for several months). Residual insecticide spraying aims to kills mosquitoes when they come to rest on the walls, usually after a blood meal. Â
- — Malaria Glossary retrieved 2014-06-01