Biannual mass azithromycin distributions and malaria parasitemia in pre-school children in Niger: A cluster-randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Arzika, AM, Maliki, R, Boubacar, N, Kane, S, Cotter, SY, Lebas, E, Cook, C, Bailey, R

, West, SK, Rosenthal, PJ, Porco, TC, Lietman,, TM and Keenan, JD (2019). Biannual mass azithromycin distributions and malaria parasitemia in pre-school children in Niger: A cluster-randomized, placebo-controlled trial. [Dataset]. PLOS Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002835.s006

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Mass azithromycin distributions have been shown to reduce mortality in preschool children, although the factors mediating this mortality reduction are not clear. This study was performed to determine whether mass distribution of azithromycin, which has modest antimalarial activity, reduces the community burden of malaria.

Keywords

malaria transmission dynamics, Biannual mass azithromycin distributions, Conclusions Mass azithromycin distributions, malaria parasitemia

Item Type	Dataset
Capture method	Experiment: Field Intervention
Date	25 June 2019
Language(s) of written materials	English
Creator(s)	Arzika, AM, Maliki, R, Boubacar, N, Kane, S, Cotter, SY, Lebas, E, Cook, C, Bailey, R , West, SK, Rosenthal, PJ, Porco, TC, Lietman,, TM and Keenan, JD
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases > Dept of Clinical Research
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Funders	Project Funder Grant Number Funder URI UNSPECIFIED Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation OPP1032340 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100000865
Date Deposited	13 Aug 2019 15:05
Last Modified	26 Jun 2025 09:15
Publisher	PLOS Medicine