Trial reportInternational journal of environmental research and public health2014
A randomized longitudinal factorial design to assess malaria vector control and disease management interventions in rural Tanzania.
Trial report in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Larviciding to prevent malaria transmission.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Malaria epidemiological characteristics and control in Guangzhou, China, 1950-2022.Malaria journal · 2023Article
- Local resource mobilization for malaria vector control among Rwandan rice farmers: a pilot study into the role of community ownership.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2023Article
- Laboratory and semi-field evaluation of the efficacy ofCurrent research in parasitology & vector-borne diseases · 2022Article
- Evaluating the impact of larviciding with Bti and community education and mobilization as supplementary integrated vector management interventions for malaria control in Kenya and Ethiopia.Malaria journal · 2020Article
- Process Evaluation of a Community-Based Microbial Larviciding Intervention for Malaria Control in Rural Tanzania.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Evaluating effectiveness of screening house eaves as a potential intervention for reducing indoor vector densities and malaria prevalence in Nyabondo, western Kenya.Malaria journal · 2020Article
- Bacterial larvicides used for malaria vector control in sub-Saharan Africa: review of their effectiveness and operational feasibility.Parasites & vectors · 2019Review
- Converging Human and Malaria Vector Diagnostics with Data Management towards an Integrated Holistic One Health Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Review
- A longitudinal cohort study of malaria exposure and changing serostatus in a malaria endemic area of rural Tanzania.Malaria journal · 2017Article
- Cost of microbial larviciding for malaria control in rural Tanzania.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2016Article
- An Assessment of Participatory Integrated Vector Management for Malaria Control in Kenya.Environmental health perspectives · 2015Article
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- Erratum issued
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7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The optimization of malaria control strategies is complicated by constraints posed by local health systems, infrastructure, limited resources, and the complex interactions between infection, disease, and treatment. The purpose of this paper is to describe the protocol of a randomized factorial study designed to address this research gap. This project will evaluate two malaria control interventions in Mvomero District, Tanzania: (1) a disease management strategy involving early detection and treatment by community health workers using rapid diagnostic technology; and (2) vector control through community-supported larviciding. Six study villages were assigned to each of four groups (control, early detection and treatment, larviciding, and early detection and treatment plus larviciding). The primary endpoint of interest was change in malaria infection prevalence across the intervention groups measured during annual longitudinal cross-sectional surveys. Recurring entomological surveying, household surveying, and focus group discussions will provide additional valuable insights. At baseline, 962 households across all 24 villages participated in a household survey; 2,884 members from 720 of these households participated in subsequent malariometric surveying. The study design will allow us to estimate the effect sizes of different intervention mixtures. Careful documentation of our study protocol may also serve other researchers designing field-based intervention trials.
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