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[Evaluating the effect of preventive medicine for residents living around mosquito breeding water during rest period of malaria].
Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi
January 2013
Public Health Office of Civil Aviation Medical Center, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Beijing 100123, China.
Article Synopsis
- - The study aims to assess the effectiveness of preventive medicine in reducing malaria among residents near mosquito breeding sites by selecting participants from six high-epidemic counties near the Huai River since March 2007.
- - A total of 12,860 subjects were randomly chosen from 30 villages, which were divided into three groups: one receiving preventive treatment, another receiving routine treatment, and a control group with no treatment.
- - Results showed that 27.9% of the preventive group took medicine compared to just 4.9% in the routine treatment group, and the study found significant differences in malaria incidence among the different age groups before the intervention.