This randomized trial found that insect-repellent wraps could help provide protection before children develop vaccine-induced immunity. Clinical malaria incidence was 66% lower in Ugandan children who ...

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Permethrin-treated baby wraps reduced the incidence of clinical malaria in babies in Uganda by 66% compared with sham-treated wraps over 24 weeks, even when used alongside insecticide-treated bed nets ...

Treating baby wraps with a mosquito repellent shows promising protection against a top killer of children. By Stephanie Nolen Stephanie Nolen has reported on efforts to combat malaria for more than 25 ...

Permethrin-treated clothing, first developed by the military a few decades ago, has been available to consumers since 2003, and there are a few ways to use it. • You can buy pretreated clothing from ...

Toting around young children in baby wraps treated with insect repellent cut their malaria infection rate by two-thirds, according to findings of a randomized trial in Uganda. Among 400 pairs of moms ...