TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wilder-Smith, Annelies
A1  - Byass, Peter
A1  - Olanratmanee, Phanthip
A1  - Maskhao, Pongsri
A1  - Sringernyuang, Luechai
A1  - Logan, James G.
A1  - Lindsay, Steve W.
A1  - Banks, Sarah
A1  - Gubler, Duane
A1  - Louis, Valérie R.
A1  - Tozan, Yesim
A1  - Kittayapong, Pattamaporn
AV  - public
IS  - 212
PB  - BioMed Central
SN  - 1468-6694
N2  - 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  
SP  - 1
Y1  - 2012///
UR  - https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/18653/
TI  - The impact of insecticide-treated school uniforms on dengue infections in school-aged children: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Thailand
VL  - 13
EP  - 7
ID  - heidok18653
CY  - London
JF  - Trials
ER  -