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creators_name: Wilder-Smith, Annelies
creators_name: Byass, Peter
creators_name: Olanratmanee, Phanthip
creators_name: Maskhao, Pongsri
creators_name: Sringernyuang, Luechai
creators_name: Logan, James G.
creators_name: Lindsay, Steve W.
creators_name: Banks, Sarah
creators_name: Gubler, Duane
creators_name: Louis, Valérie R.
creators_name: Tozan, Yesim
creators_name: Kittayapong, Pattamaporn
title: The impact of insecticide-treated school uniforms on dengue infections in school-aged children: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Thailand
subjects: ddc-370
subjects: ddc-610
divisions: i-912800
abstract: 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  
date: 2012
publisher: BioMed Central
id_scheme: DOI
ppn_swb: 1657034178
own_urn: urn:nbn:de:bsz:16-heidok-186531
language: eng
bibsort: WILDERSMITTHEIMPACTO2012
full_text_status: public
publication: Trials
volume: 13
number: 212
place_of_pub: London
pagerange: 1-7
issn: 1468-6694
citation:   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     
document_url: https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/18653/1/13063_2012_Article_1114.pdf