Cochrane · systematic review · CD008090

Larvivorous fish for preventing malaria transmission

Walshe, DP, Garner, P, Adeel, AA, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library

Infectious Diseases2 versionsAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
5
current version
GRADE rated
2
No studies
3
Included studies
NR
No studies 3 · 60%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 20%Low 1 · 20%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

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'Summary of findings' table 1

Population: people living in malaria‐endemic areas
5 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Clinical malaria (incidence)
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Entomological inoculation rate
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Density of adult malaria vectors
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
Density of immature vector stages in water bodies Quasi‐experimental studies
no estimate extractedNRVery low
Downgraded: imprecision, indirectness
Larval sites positive for immature vector stages Quasi‐experimental studies
no estimate extractedNRLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness