Reductions in malaria in pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes following indoor residual spraying of insecticide in Uganda.

Mary K MuhindoAbel KakuruPaul NatureebaPatricia AworiPeter OlwochJohn AtegekaPatience NayebareTamara D ClarkAtis MuehlenbachsMichelle RohBetty MpekaBryan GreenhouseDiane V HavlirMoses R KamyaGrant DorseyPrasanna Jagannathan

Published in: Malaria journal (2016)

In this setting, IRS was temporally associated with lower malaria parasite prevalence during pregnancy and at delivery, and improved birth outcomes. IRS may represent an important tool for combating malaria in pregnancy and for improving birth outcomes in malaria-endemic settings. Trial Registration Current Controlled Trials Identifier NCT02163447.

Keyphrases

plasmodium falciparum
pregnancy outcomes
gestational age
preterm birth
pregnant women
air pollution
study protocol
type diabetes
phase iii
health risk
skeletal muscle
zika virus
open label
drug induced