Intermittent sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in pregnancy: Effectiveness against malaria morbidity in Blantyre, Malawi, in 1997-99

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 549-553

  Rogerson, Stephen J ^a,c   Chaluluka, Ebbie ^a   Kanjala, Maxwell ^a   Mkundika, Patrick ^a   Mhango, Chisale ^a   Molyneux, Malcolm E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Chemoprophylaxis; Malaria; Malawi; placenta; Plasmodium falciparum; Pregnancy; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DENSITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALAWI; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URBAN AREA;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033789001     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(00)90083-X     Document Type: Article

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