Increased prevalence of malaria in HIV-infected pregnant women and its implications for malaria control

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-12

  Verhoeff, Francine H ^a   Brabin, Bernard J ^a,e   Hart, C Anthony ^b   Chimsuku, Lyson ^a,d   Kazembe, Peter ^c   Broadhead, Robin L ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antimalarial control; HIV; Malaria; Pregnancy; Sulphadoxine pyrimethamine

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALARIA; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATERNAL TREATMENT; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROPREVALENCE;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIMALARIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; PYRIMETHAMINE; RISK FACTORS; SULFADOXINE;

MALAWI;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032995817     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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