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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
immunology and microbiology
Short report: Assessing the impact of indoor residual spraying on malaria morbidity using a sentinel site surveillance system in Western Uganda
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Volume 81, No. 4, Year 2009
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A single round of indoor residual spraying (IRS) using lambda-cyhalothrin was implemented in a district of Uganda with moderate transmission intensity in 2007. Individual patient data were collected from one health facility within the district 8 months before and 16 months after IRS. There was a consistent decrease in the proportion of patients diagnosed with clinical malaria after IRS for patients < 5 and > 5 years of age (52% versus 26%, P < 0.001 and 36% versus 23%, P < 0.001, respectively). There was a large decrease in the proportion of positive blood smears in the first 4 months after IRS for patients < 5 (47% versus 14%, P < 0.001) and > 5 (26% versus 9%, P < 0.001) years of age, but this effect waned over the subsequent 12 months. IRS was effective in reducing malaria morbidity, but this was not sustained beyond 1 year for the proportion of blood smears read as positive. Copyright © 2009 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
Authors & Co-Authors
Bukirwa, Hasifa
Uganda, Kampala
Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration
Yau, Vincent
United States, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
Kigozi, Ruth N.
Uganda, Kampala
Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration
Filler, Scott J.
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Quick, Linda
United States, Atlanta
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lugemwa, Myers
Uganda, Kampala
Uganda Ministry of Health
Gunawardena, Dissanayake M.
Unknown Affiliation
Kamya, Moses Robert K.
Uganda, Kampala
School of Medicine, Makerere University College of Health Sciences
Wabwire-Mangen, Fred
Uganda, Kampala
Makerere University School of Public Health
Dorsey, Grant M.
United States, San Francisco
University of California, San Francisco
Statistics
Citations: 45
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.4269/ajtmh.2009.09-0126
ISSN:
00029637
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Infectious Diseases
Study Locations
Uganda