Permethrin-Treated Baby Wraps for the Prevention of Malaria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Malaria remains a major cause of childhood death in sub-Saharan Africa. We leveraged the traditional practice of mothers carrying children on their backs in cloth wraps to assess whether treating the wraps with an insect repellent might provide a layer of protection against malaria.

Methods

In a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial conducted in Uganda, we enrolled adult women with a child who was 6 to 18 months of age. The mother-child pairs were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to use permethrin-treated wraps (intervention group) or sham-treated wraps (control group). The wraps underwent retreatment every 4 weeks. All the participants received a new, pyrethroid-only long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net. The participants visited the trial clinics

SUBMITTER: Boyce RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12462887 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature