A cluster randomised controlled trial of two rounds of mass drug administration in Zanzibar, a malaria pre-elimination setting - High coverage and safety, but no significant impact on transmission

BMC Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Morris, Ulrika ^a   Msellem, Mwinyi I ^b   Mkali, Humphrey ^b   Islam, Atiqul ^a   Aydin Schmidt, Berit ^a   Jovel, Irina ^a   Shija, Shija Joseph ^b   Khamis, Mwinyi ^b   Ali, Safia Mohammed ^b   Hodzic, Lamija ^a   Magnusson, Ellinor ^a   Poirot, Eugenie ^c   Bennett, Adam ^c   Sachs, Michael C ^a   Tarning, Joel ^d,e   Mårtensson, Andreas ^f   Ali, Abdullah S ^b   Björkman, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b and Children   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adherence; Coverage; Dihydroartemisinin piperaquine; Effectiveness; Elimination; Low transmission; Malaria; Mass drug administration; Safety; Single low dose primaquine

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROARTEMISININ PLUS PIPERAQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; PIPERAQUINE; QUINOLINE DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH PAIN; TANZANIA; VACCINATION COVERAGE; INCIDENCE; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MALE; MASS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMAQUINE; QUINOLINES; TANZANIA;

EID: 85058118337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-018-1202-8     Document Type: Article

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