Comparability of treatment groups and risk factors for parasitemia at the first antenatal clinic visit in a study of malaria treatment and prevention in pregnancy in Rural Malawi

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1996, Pages 17-23

  Steketee, Richard W ^a   Wirima, Jack J ^b   Slutsker, Laurence ^c   Breman, Joel G ^d   Heymann, David L ^e  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e World Health Orgnaization   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHLOROQUINE; MEFLOQUINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHLOROQUINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MEFLOQUINE; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS;

EID: 0029683794     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.17     Document Type: Article

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