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Time to Infection With Malaria Parasites

NCT00322738 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 2558

Last updated 2019-02-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will attempt to find out what effect mosquito insecticides have on the transmission of malaria in The Gambia. Eight hundred healthy men and women, aged 18 to 40 years, living in selected villages east of Farafenni town in The Gambia, West Africa will be screened for parasites. About 552 of these people are expected to be free of malaria and will form the study group. These people will participate in the study for 7 months and will be checked for the malaria-causing parasite every two weeks by finger prick blood sample.

Conditions

  • Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

    lead NIH

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-06-07
Primary Completion
2008-03-31
Completion
2009-03-31

Countries

  • The Gambia

Study Locations

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