Reactive community-based self-administered treatment against residual malaria transmission: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Reactive community-based self-administered treatment against residual malaria transmission: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Systematic treatment of all individuals living in the same compound of a clinical malaria case may clear asymptomatic infections and possibly reduce malaria transmission, where this is focal. High and sustained coverage is extremely important and requires active community engagem...

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Main Authors: Joseph Okebe, Joan Muela Ribera, Julie Balen, Fatou Jaiteh, Yoriko Masunaga, Davis Nwakanma, John Bradley, Shunmay Yeung, Koen Peeters Grietens, Umberto D’Alessandro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-02-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Reactive case treatment
Community
Plasmodium falciparum
Formative research
Prevalence
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-018-2506-x

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