Children arthropod bites protective measures: insecticides and repellents
Autor(es): Sorge F, Imbert P, Laurent C, Minodier P, Banerjee A, Khelfaoui F, Guérin N, Gendrel D
Resumo: Vector transmitted diseases are often a serious threat for child health, especially for children traveller in tropical regions. Few arthropod borne diseases are preventable by immunization or chimioprophylaxis. Prevention of most of them is based on personal protection against arthropod bites. The evidence of its efficacy has been established by the use of impregnated bed nets, impregnated clothes with permethrin or mosquito repellent which reduced significantly child malaria morbidity - mortality in endemic countries. These personal protective measures are able to minimize arthropod bites - prevent Chikungunya infection, dengue fever - Lyme disease. The choice of a repellent among the commercialised products need to be efficacy - safety evidence based. This article propose to raise this issue - to give pragmatic recommendations, with a focus to children below 30 months who are at a high toxicological risk. Severity of these diseases allowed to use potentially toxic repellents if misused.
Palavras-Chave: Insecticide; Insectifuge; Moustique; Tique; Paludisme
Imprenta: Archives de Pe?diatrie, v. 14, n. 12, p. 1442-1450, 2007
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1016/j.arcped.2007.08.022
Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Viral infections; Chikungunya Virus - Virus; Chikungunya virus - Repellent; Chikungunya virus - Chikungunya fever; Chikungunya virus - Dengue; Chikungunya virus - Public health
Data de publicação: 2007
