The effects of malaria control on nutritional status in infancy.
Acta Trop
; 65(1): 1-10, 1997 Apr 30.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-9140509
Both malaria and undernutrition are major causes of paediatric mortality and morbidity in sub-Saharan Africa. The introduction of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITBN) during a randomized controlled trial on the Kenyan coast significantly reduced severe, life-threatening malaria and all-cause childhood mortality. This paper describes the effects of the intervention upon the nutritional status of infants aged between 1 and 11 months of age. Seven hundred and eighty seven infants who slept under ITBN and 692 contemporaneous control infants, were seen during one of three cross-sectional surveys conducted during a one year period. Standardized weight-for-age and mid-upper arm circumference measures were significantly higher among infants who used ITBN compared with control infants. Whether these improvements in markers of nutritional status were a direct result of concomitant reductions in clinical malaria episodes remains uncertain. Never-the-less evidence suggests that even moderate increases in weight-for-age scores can significantly reduce the probability of mortality in childhood and ITBN may provide additional gains to child survival beyond their impressive effects upon malaria-specific events.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Controle de Mosquitos
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Malária Falciparum
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Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição do Lactente
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Inseticidas
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
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Infant
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Newborn
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Trop
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Quênia
País de publicação:
Holanda