The influence of the environment and indoor residual spraying on malaria risk in a cohort of children in Uganda.

ABSTRACT: Studies have estimated the impact of the environment on malaria incidence although few have explored the differential impact due to malaria control interventions. Therefore, the objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of indoor residual spraying (IRS) on the relationship between malaria and environment (i.e. rainfall, temperatures, humidity, and vegetation) using data from a dynamic cohort of children from three sub-counties in Uganda. Environmental variables were extracted from remote sensing sources and averaged over different time periods. General linear mixed models were constructed for each sub-counties based on a log-binomial distribution. The influence of IRS was analysed by comparing marginal effects of environment in models adjusted and unadjusted for IRS. Great regional

SUBMITTER: Sadoine ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9262898 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature