title: The impact of insecticide-treated school uniforms on dengue infections in school-aged children: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Thailand
creator: Wilder-Smith, Annelies
creator: Byass, Peter
creator: Olanratmanee, Phanthip
creator: Maskhao, Pongsri
creator: Sringernyuang, Luechai
creator: Logan, James G.
creator: Lindsay, Steve W.
creator: Banks, Sarah
creator: Gubler, Duane
creator: Louis, Valérie R.
creator: Tozan, Yesim
creator: Kittayapong, Pattamaporn
subject: ddc-370
subject: 370 Education
subject: ddc-610
subject: 610 Medical sciences Medicine
description: There is an urgent need to protect children against dengue since this age group is particularly sensitive to the disease. Since dengue vectors are active mainly during the day, a potential target for control should be schools where children spend a considerable amount of their day. School uniforms are the cultural norm in most developing countries, worn throughout the day. We hypothesise that insecticide-treated school uniforms will reduce the incidence of dengue infection in school-aged children. Our objective is to determine the impact of impregnated school uniforms on dengue incidence. Methods: A randomised controlled trial will be conducted in eastern Thailand in a group of schools with approximately 2,000 students aged 7–18 years. Pre-fabricated school uniforms will be commercially treated to ensure consistent, high-quality insecticide impregnation with permethrin. A double-blind, randomised, crossover trial at the school level will cover two dengue transmission seasons. Discussion: Practical issues and plans concerning intervention implementation, evaluation, analysing and interpreting the data, and possible policy implications arising from the trial are discussed. Trial registration clinicaltrial.gov. Registration number: NCT01563640  
publisher: BioMed Central
date: 2012
type: Article
type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
type: NonPeerReviewed
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identifier: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-186531
identifier:   Wilder-Smith, Annelies ; Byass, Peter ; Olanratmanee, Phanthip ; Maskhao, Pongsri ; Sringernyuang, Luechai ; Logan, James G. ; Lindsay, Steve W. ; Banks, Sarah ; Gubler, Duane ; Louis, Valérie R. ; Tozan, Yesim ; Kittayapong, Pattamaporn  (2012) The impact of insecticide-treated school uniforms on dengue infections in school-aged children: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Thailand.  Trials, 13 (212).  pp. 1-7.  ISSN 1468-6694     
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language: eng