Safety of a topical insect repellent (picaridin) during community mass use for malaria control in rural Cambodia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While community distribution of topical repellents has been proposed as an additional malaria control intervention, the safety of this intervention at the population level remains poorly evaluated. We describe the safety of mass distribution of the picaridin repellent during a cluster-randomised trial in rural Cambodia in 2012-2013.

Methods

The repellent was distributed among 57 intervention villages with around 25,000 inhabitants by a team of village distributors. Information on individual adverse events, reported by phone by the village distributors, was obtained through home visits. Information on perceived side effects, reported at the family level, was obtained during two-weekly bottle exchange. Adverse events were classified as adverse reactions (events like

SUBMITTER: Heng S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5365103 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature