Implementation Research of New Dengue Vector Control Tools

Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium22 enrolled

Overview

This project will provide new insights concerning how to reduce dengue transmission by means of cost-effective and sustainable implementation strategies of vector control methods. The research will assess key strategies which deliver new vector control tools with respect to their cost-effectiveness, acceptability and sustainability in contrasting environments.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

DENGUE

Interventions

Insecticide treated curtains and insecticide treated coversOTHER

The study is comparing the introduction of two new vector control tools (insecticide treated curtains and insecticide treated covers) through two different distribution strategies. These tools are curently not in use in the routine programmes of the concerned countries.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * No patients, but communities were included, with as inclusion criteria: neighborhoods of Lam Chabang, Thailand and Valera and San Rafael de Carvajal, Venezuela after obtaining community approval Exclusion Criteria: * Neighborhoods without community approval

Locations (2)

Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University,

Bangkok, Thailand

Universidad de Los Andes, Research Centre, Trujillo

Trujillo, Venezuela

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Aedes aegypti entomological indices

Time frame: every 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

uptake and acceptance of tools

Time frame: 6 and 18 months after distribution

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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