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Theoretical impact of insecticide-impregnated school uniforms on dengue incidence in Thai children.
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- Mitigating Diseases Transmitted by Aedes Mosquitoes: A Cluster-Randomised Trial of Permethrin-Impregnated School Uniforms.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Trial
- Acceptability of impregnated school uniforms for dengue control in Thailand: a mixed methods approach.Global health action · 2014Trial
- The effectiveness of putative wearable repellent technologies to protect against mosquito biting and Aedes-borne diseases, and their economic impact.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- Addressing challenges in vector control: a review of current strategies and the imperative for novel tools in India's combat against vector-borne diseases.BMJ public health · 2024Review
- Reviewing School Uniform through a Public Health Lens: Evidence about the Impacts of School Uniform on Education and Health.Public health reviews · 2021Review
- An investigation into the knowledge, perceptions and role of personal protective technologies in Zika prevention in Colombia.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2020Article
- Alternative strategies for mosquito-borne arbovirus control.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Review
- Novel tools for the surveillance and control of dengue: findings by the DengueTools research consortium.Global health action · 2018Article
- Permethrin-Treated Clothing as Protection against the Dengue Vector, Aedes aegypti: Extent and Duration of Protection.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015Article
- Use of insecticide-treated school uniforms for prevention of dengue in schoolchildren: a cost-effectiveness analysis.PloS one · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundChildren carry the main burden of morbidity and mortality caused by dengue. Children spend a considerable amount of their day at school; hence strategies that reduce human-mosquito contact to protect against the day-biting habits of Aedes mosquitoes at schools, such as insecticide-impregnated uniforms, could be an effective prevention strategy. METHODOLOGY: We used mathematical models to calculate the risk of dengue infection based on force of infection taking into account the estimated proportion of mosquito bites that occur in school and the proportion of school time that children wear the impregnated uniforms. PRINCIPAL
findingsThe use of insecticide-impregnated uniforms has efficacy varying from around 6% in the most pessimistic estimations, to 55% in the most optimistic scenarios simulated.
conclusionsReducing contact between mosquito bites and human hosts via insecticide-treated uniforms during school time is theoretically effective in reducing dengue incidence and may be a valuable additional tool for dengue control in school-aged children. The efficacy of this strategy, however, is dependent on the compliance of the target population in terms of proper and consistent wearing of uniforms and, perhaps more importantly, the proportion of bites inflicted by the Aedes population during school time.
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