Failure-mode index

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A searchable index of real negative results, null findings, and replication failures from the published literature — so you can learn what didn't work before repeating it.

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WASTE indexes published research — it does not host or republish full papers. Each entry is a metadata record (title, authors, DOI) compiled from open scholarly databases, with the abstract shown in full only where the paper is openly licensed (e.g. Creative Commons); otherwise a short excerpt is shown for reference under fair use. WASTE classifies each work by failure type; classifications are automated and approximate.

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2 results in Negative / Null Result Report for "vector control"

Negative / Null Result ReportOpen accessMedicine

Ivermectin to reduce malaria transmission- safety and efficacy results from the BOHEMIA cluster randomized trial in Mozambique.

Chaccour C, Nicolas P, Martinho S et al. · 2025 · EClinicalMedicine

Background Endectocides are a novel vector control tool that reduce the survival and fertility of blood sucking arthropods that feed upon treated humans or animals. Ivermectin mass drug administration is under evaluation as a complementary…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103632

Negative / Null Result ReportMedicine

Odor masking to decrease the attraction of Triatoma infestans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae, Triatominae), a Chagas disease vector, towards a host.

Beningaza AM, Di Benedetto IMD, Babino L et al. · 2025 · Acta tropica

Chagas disease, vectored by kissing bugs, poses a public health problem across the Americas. The best way for reducing disease transmission is through vector control, which is currently based on the use of insecticides. However,…

View details →DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107520