Decline of placental malaria in southern Ghana after the implementation of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy

Malaria Journal

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Hommerich, Lena ^a   Von Oertzen, Christa ^b   Bedu Addo, George ^c   Holmberg, Ville ^a,d   Acquah, Patrick A ^b   Eggelte, Teunis A ^e   Bienzle, Ulrich ^a   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Presbyterian Mission Hospital   (Ghana)

^c KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; HISTIDINE; PROTEIN; PYRIMETHAMINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; MALARIA; MICROSCOPY; MOTHER; PARASITOLOGY; PLACENTA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PLACENTA DISORDER; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHEMOPREVENTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED; PLACENTA; PLACENTA DISEASES; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PYRIMETHAMINE; RURAL POPULATION; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37849012003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-6-144     Document Type: Article

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