Malaria parasite infection during pregnancy and at delivery in mother, placenta, and newborn: Efficacy of chloroquine and mefloquine in Rural Malawi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 24-32

  Steketee, Richard W ^a   Wirima, Jack J ^a   Slutsker, Laurence ^a   Roberts, Jacqueline M ^a   Khoromana, Charles O ^a   Heymann, David L ^a   Breman, Joel G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

CHLOROQUINE; MEFLOQUINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MATERNAL DISEASE; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RISK FACTOR;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; INFANT; MALARIA--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; MALAWI; PARASITIC DISEASES; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; PREGNANT WOMEN; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONAL VARIATION; STUDIES; TREATMENT; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MEFLOQUINE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PARASITEMIA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029680867     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.24     Document Type: Article

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