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

BACKGROUND: Mass drug administration (MDA) has the potential to interrupt malaria transmission and has been suggested as a tool for malaria elimination in low-endemic settings. This study aimed to determine the effectiveness and safety of two rounds of MDA in Zanzibar, a pre-elimination setting. MET...

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Autores principales: Morris, Ulrika, Msellem, Mwinyi I., Mkali, Humphrey, Islam, Atiqul, Aydin-Schmidt, Berit, Jovel, Irina, Shija, Shija Joseph, Khamis, Mwinyi, Ali, Safia Mohammed, Hodzic, Lamija, Magnusson, Ellinor, Poirot, Eugenie, Bennett, Adam, Sachs, Michael C., Tarning, Joel, Mårtensson, Andreas, Ali, Abdullah S., Björkman, Anders
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6287359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30526588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1202-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6287359/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30526588
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-018-1202-8

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