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Title: | Hypothesis: Impregnated school uniforms reduce the incidence of dengue infections in school children | Authors: | Wilder-Smith, A. Lover, A. Kittayapong, P. Burnham, G. |
Issue Date: | Jun-2011 | Citation: | Wilder-Smith, A., Lover, A., Kittayapong, P., Burnham, G. (2011-06). Hypothesis: Impregnated school uniforms reduce the incidence of dengue infections in school children. Medical Hypotheses 76 (6) : 861-862. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2011.02.037 | Abstract: | Dengue infection causes a significant economic, social and medical burden in affected populations in over 100 countries in the tropics and sub-tropics. Current dengue control efforts have generally focused on vector control but have not shown major impact. School-aged children are especially vulnerable to infection, due to sustained human-vector-human transmission in the close proximity environments of schools. Infection in children has a higher rate of complications, including dengue hemorrhagic fever and shock syndromes, than infections in adults. There is an urgent need for integrated and complementary population-based strategies to protect vulnerable children. We hypothesize that insecticide-treated school uniforms will reduce the incidence of dengue in school-aged children. The hypothesis would need to be tested in a community based randomized trial. If proven to be true, insecticide-treated school uniforms would be a cost-effective and scalable community based strategy to reduce the burden of dengue in children. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. | Source Title: | Medical Hypotheses | URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/108410 | ISSN: | 03069877 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.mehy.2011.02.037 |
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