Plasma levels of DDE/DDT and liver function in malaria control personnel 6 months after indoor residual spraying with DDT in northern Uganda, 2008

• Published in: South African medical journal Vol. 100; no. 2; pp. 118 - 121
• Main Authors: BIMENYA, G. S, HARABULEMA, M, OKOT, J. P, FRANCIS, Olwa, LUGEMWA, Myers, OKWI, A. L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Rondebosch Health and Medical Publishing Group 01.02.2010; Health & Medical Publishing Group
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Control; DDT (Insecticide); General aspects; Health aspects; Human protozoal diseases; Infectious diseases; Liver diseases; Malaria; Medical sciences; Parasitic diseases; Prevention; Protozoal diseases; Risk factors; Uganda; Africa; South Africa; USA; Finland; Infection; Prevention; Liver function; Protozoal disease; Malaria; DDT; Check; Tropical medicine; Parasitosis; Blood plasma

Objective. We investigated the relationship between plasma levels of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and liver function in malaria control personnel 6 months after one round of DDT indoor residual spraying (IRS). Method. This was a cross-sectional study in the districts of Apac and Oyam of Lan...