2020
Evaluation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in two areas of intense seasonal malaria transmission: Secondary analysis of a household-randomised, placebo-controlled trial in Houndé District, Burkina Faso and Bougouni District, Mali
Cairns M, Sagara I, Zongo I, Kuepfer I, Thera I, Nikiema F, Diarra M, Yerbanga S, Barry A, Tapily A, Coumare S, Milligan P, Tinto H, Ouédraogo J, Chandramohan D, Greenwood B, Djimde A, Dicko A. Evaluation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in two areas of intense seasonal malaria transmission: Secondary analysis of a household-randomised, placebo-controlled trial in Houndé District, Burkina Faso and Bougouni District, Mali. PLOS Medicine 2020, 17: e1003214. PMID: 32822362, PMCID: PMC7442230, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003214.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSeasonal malaria chemopreventionMalaria chemopreventionUncomplicated malariaTransmission seasonIntense seasonal malaria transmissionDay 28 PCRParasitological response rateUncomplicated clinical malariaPlacebo-controlled trialIncidence of hospitalisationSeasonal malaria transmissionIncidence rate ratiosBurden of malariaRapid diagnostic testsBougouni DistrictAsymptomatic malariaClinical malariaPlacebo groupStudy drugMalaria parasitaemiaAge range 3Parent trialAmodiaquine resistancePrevalence ratiosProtective efficacy
2015
Iodine status of young Burkinabe children receiving small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements and iodised salt: a cluster-randomised trial
Hess S, Abbeddou S, Jimenez E, Ouédraogo J, Brown K. Iodine status of young Burkinabe children receiving small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements and iodised salt: a cluster-randomised trial. British Journal Of Nutrition 2015, 114: 1829-1837. PMID: 26411504, DOI: 10.1017/s0007114515003554.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSmall-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplementsLipid-based nutrient supplementsThyroid-stimulating hormoneNon-intervention cohortMonths of ageYoung Burkinabe childrenUrinary iodineNIC childrenBurkinabe childrenIodised saltNational salt iodization programSpot urinary iodineCluster-randomised trialSalt iodization programNutrient supplementsSalt iodisation programmeIodine statusLow T4Thyroglobulin concentrationIodization programTotal thyroxineBlood spotsI statusIC childrenCohort