Nonmalarial Infant Deaths and DDT Use for Malaria Control
Emerg. infect. dis
;
Vol9(8): 960-964, 2003.
Article
in English
| AIM
| ID: biblio-1261645
ABSTRACT
Although dichlorodiphenyl trichloroethane (DDT) is being banned worldwide; countries in sub-Saharan Africa have sought exemptions for malaria control. Few studies show illness in children from the use of DDT; and the possibility of risks to them from DDT use has been minimized.However; plausible if inconclusive studies associate DDT with more preterm births and shorter duration of lactation; which raise the possibility that DDT does indeed have such toxicity. Assuming that these associations are causal; we estimated the increase in infant deaths that might result from DDT spraying. The estimated increases are of the same order of magnitude as the decreases from effective malaria control. Unintended consequences of DDT use need to be part of the discussion of modern vector control policy
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AIM (Africa)
Main subject:
Trichloroethanes
/
Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene
/
Malaria
Language:
English
Journal:
Emerg. infect. dis
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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