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Insecticide-treated nets for preventing malaria in pregnancy

  1. Carrol L Gamble1,*,
  2. John Paul Ekwaru2,
  3. Feiko O ter Kuile3

Editorial Group: Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group

Published Online: 8 JUL 2009

Assessed as up-to-date: 12 FEB 2009

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003755.pub2

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Gamble CL, Ekwaru JP, ter Kuile FO. Insecticide-treated nets for preventing malaria in pregnancy. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2006, Issue 2. Art. No.: CD003755. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003755.pub2.

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  1. 1

    University of Liverpool, Centre for Medical Statistics and Health Evaluation, Liverpool, UK

  2. 2

    Uganda Virus Research Institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Entebbe, Uganda

  3. 3

    Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Child & Reproductive Health Group, Liverpool, Merseyside, UK

*Carrol L Gamble, Centre for Medical Statistics and Health Evaluation, University of Liverpool, Shelley's Cottage, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3GS, UK. c.gamble@liv.ac.uk.

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  1. Publication Status: Edited (no change to conclusions)
  2. Published Online: 8 JUL 2009

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References to studies included in this review

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  2. References to studies excluded from this review
  3. Additional references
Browne 2001 {published data only}
  • Binka FN, Adongo P. Acceptability and use of insecticide impregnated bednets in northern Ghana. Tropical Medicine and International Health 1997;2(5):499-507.
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  • Binka FN, Kubaje A, Adjuik M, Williams LA, Lengeler C, Maude GH, et al. Impact of permethrin impregnated bednets on child mortality in Kassena-Nankana district, Ghana: a randomized controlled trial. Tropical Medicine and International Health 1996;1(2):147-54.
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  • Browne EN, Maude GH, Binka FN. The impact of insecticide-treated bednets on malaria and anaemia in pregnancy in Kassena-Nankana district, Ghana: a randomized controlled trial. Tropical Medicine and International Health 2001;6(9):667-76.
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Browne 2001 G1, dry {published data only}
  • Browne 2001 results for women in first pregnancy during the dry season.
Browne 2001 G1, wet {published data only}
  • Browne 2001 results for women in first pregnancy during the wet season.
Browne 2001 G2, dry {published data only}
  • Browne 2001 results for women in second pregnancy during the dry season.
Browne 2001 G2, wet {published data only}
  • Browne 2001 results for women in second pregnancy during the wet season.
Browne 2001 G3+, dry {published data only}
  • Browne 2001 results for women in third or greater pregnancy during the dry season.
Browne 2001 G3+, wet {published data only}
  • Browne 2001 results for in third or greater pregnancy during the wet season.
Dolan 1993 {published data only}
  • Dolan G, ter Kuile FO, Jacoutot V, White NJ, Luxemburger C, Malankirii L, et al. Bed nets for the prevention of malaria and anaemia in pregnancy. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1993;87(6):620-6.
Njagi 2002 {published and unpublished data}
  • Njagi JK. The effects of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine intermittent treatment and pyrethroid impregnanted bed nets on malaria morbidity in pregnancy and birth weight in Bondo District, Kenya [PhD thesis]. Nairobi: University of Nairobi, 2002.
  • Njagi JK, Magnussen P, Estambale B, Ouma J, Mugo B. Prevention of anaemia in pregnancy using insecticide-treated bednets and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in a highly malarious area of Kenya: a randomized controlled trial. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2003;97(3):277-82.
Njagi 2002 +SP {published and unpublished data}
  • Njagi 2002 results for ITNs nets plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine versus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine versus (3) sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine.
Njagi 2002 -SP {published and unpublished data}
  • Njagi 2002 results for ITNs versus placebo.
Shulman 1998 {published data only}
  • Nevill CG, Some ES, Mung'ala VO, Mutemi M, New L, Marsh K, et al. Insecticide-treated bednets reduce mortality and severe morbidity from malaria among children on the Kenyan coast. Tropical Medicine and International Health 1996;1(2):139-46.
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ter Kuile 2003 {published data only}
  • Phillips-Howard PA, Nahlen BL, Alaii JA, ter Kuile F, Gimnig JE, Terlouw DJ, et al. The efficacy of permethrin-treated bed nets on child mortality and morbidity in western Kenya I. Development of infrastructure and description of study site. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2003;68 Suppl 4:3-9.
  • Phillips-Howard PA, Nahlen BL, Kolczak MS, Hightower AW, ter Kuile FO, Alaii JA, et al. Efficacy of permethrin-treated bed nets in the prevention of mortality in young children in an area of high perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2003;68 Suppl 4:23-9.
  • Phillips-Howard PA, ter Kuile FO, Nahlen BL, Alaii JA, Gimnig JE, Kolczak MS, et al. The efficacy of permethrin-treated bed nets on child mortality and morbidity in western Kenya II. Study design and methods. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2003;68 Suppl 4:10-5.
  • ter Kuile FO, Terlouw DJ, Phillips-Howard PA, Hawley WA, Friedman JF, Kariuki SK, et al. Reduction of malaria during pregnancy by permethrin-treated bed nets in an area of intense perennial malaria transmission in western Kenya. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2003;68 Suppl 4:50-60.
ter Kuile 2003 G1-4 {published data only}
  • ter Kuile 2003 results for women in their first to third pregnancy.
ter kuile 2003 G5+ {published data only}
  • ter Kuile 2003 results for women in their fourth or greater pregnancy.

References to studies excluded from this review

  1. References to studies included in this review
  2. References to studies excluded from this review
  3. Additional references
D'Alessandro 1996 {published data only}
  • D'Alessandro U, Langerock P, Bennett S, Francis N, Cham K, Greenwood BM, et al. The impact of a national impregnated bed net programme on the outcome of pregnancy in primigravidae in The Gambia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1996;90(5):487-92.
  • D'Alessandro U, Olaleye BO, McGuire W, Langerock P, Bennett S, Aikins MK, et al. Mortality and morbidity from malaria in Gambian children after introduction of an impregnated bednet programme. Lancet 1995;345(8948):479-83.

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  2. References to studies excluded from this review
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Binka 1996
  • Binka FN, Kubaje A, Adjuik M, Williams LA, Lengeler C, Maude GH, et al. Impact of permethrin impregnated bednets on child mortality in Kassena-Nankana district, Ghana: a randomized controlled trial. Tropical Medicine and International Health 1996;1(2):147-54.
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Brabin 1983
Deeks 2001
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Guyatt 2001b
Hawley 2003
  • Hawley WA, Phillips-Howard PA, ter Kuile FO, Terlouw DJ, Vulule JM, Ombok M, et al. Community-wide effects of permethrin-treated bednets on child mortality and malaria morbidity in western Kenya. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2003;68 Suppl 4:121-7.
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Nevill 1996
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