Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine effectiveness for seasonal malaria chemoprevention in settings with extended seasonal malaria transmission in Tanzania.
Sci Rep
; 14(1): 2143, 2024 01 25.
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ABSTRACT
Effectiveness of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) as seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) was assessed in Nanyumbu and Masasi Districts. Between March and June 2021, children aged 3-59 months were enrolled in a cluster randomized study. Children in the intervention clusters received a monthly, 3-days course of DP for three consecutive months regardless of malaria infection status, and those in the control clusters received no intervention. Malaria infection was assessed at before the first-round and at 7 weeks after the third-round of DP in both arms. Malaria prevalence after the third-round of DP administration was the primary outcome. Chi-square tests and logistic regression model were used to compare proportions and adjust for explanatory variables. Before the intervention, malaria prevalence was 13.7% (161/1171) and 18.2% (212/1169) in the intervention and control clusters, respectively, p < 004. Malaria prevalence declined to 5.8% (60/1036) in the intervention clusters after three rounds of DP, and in the control clusters it declined to 9.3% (97/1048), p = 0.003. Unadjusted and adjusted prevalence ratios between the intervention and control arms were 0.42 (95%CI 0.32-0.55, p < 0.001) and 0.77 (95%CI 0.53-1.13, p = 0.189), respectively. SMC using DP was effective for control of malaria in the two Districts.Trial registration NCT05874869, https//clinicaltrials.gov/ 25/05/2023.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
1_ASSA2030
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2_ODS3
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3_ND
Problema de salud:
1_doencas_transmissiveis
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2_enfermedades_transmissibles
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3_malaria
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3_neglected_diseases
Asunto principal:
Piperazinas
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Quinolinas
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Artemisininas
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Malaria
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Antimaláricos
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sci Rep
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Tanzania