ReviewEmerging infectious diseases2003
Nonmalarial infant deaths and DDT use for malaria control.
Review in Emerging infectious diseases, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Intensity of insecticide resistance in the major malaria vector Anopheles funestus from Chikwawa, rural Southern Malawi.Parasites & vectors · 2022Article
- Effects of Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Maternal Body on Infants.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
- Entomological and parasitological impacts of indoor residual spraying with DDT, alphacypermethrin and deltamethrin in the western foothill area of Madagascar.Malaria journal · 2014Article
- Endocrine control of mucosal immunity in the female reproductive tract: impact of environmental disruptors.Molecular and cellular endocrinology · 2012Review
- Global status of DDT and its alternatives for use in vector control to prevent disease.Environmental health perspectives · 2009Review
- DDE, a degradation product of DDT, and duration of lactation in a highly exposed area of Mexico.Environmental health perspectives · 2008Article
- Plasmodium falciparum Containment Strategy.Medical journal, Armed Forces India · 2008Review
- Prenatal dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) and asthma in children.Environmental health perspectives · 2005Article
- Malaria control and public health.Emerging infectious diseases · 2004Article
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Abstract
Although dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) is being banned worldwide, countries in sub-Saharan Africa have sought exemptions for malaria control. Few studies show illness in children from the use of DDT, and the possibility of risks to them from DDT use has been minimized. However, plausible if inconclusive studies associate DDT with more preterm births and shorter duration of lactation, which raise the possibility that DDT does indeed have such toxicity. Assuming that these associations are causal, we estimated the increase in infant deaths that might result from DDT spraying. The estimated increases are of the same order of magnitude as the decreases from effective malaria control. Unintended consequences of DDT use need to be part of the discussion of modern vector control policy.
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