Current Sponsored Research Projects

Can Insecticide-Treated Curtains Prevent Transmission of Dengue?

Effective dates: November 2008 - current
Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
Tulane's Role: Dr. Valerie Paz Soldan is social scientist on the team
Region or Country (ies):  Iquitos, Peru
Principal Investigator(s):  Philip McCall (Liverpool School of Medicine)

This study has two main objectives: 1) to determine whether insecticide-treated curtains reduce dengue transmission in treated households (individual or household effect) and in treated communities (community or mass effect), and 2) to assess the human behavioral factors associated with adoption, maintenance and dissemination of this technology among householders.