Chemoprophylaxis and intermittent treatment for preventing malaria in children

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Volumn , Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Meremikwu, M M ^a   Donegan, S ^b   Esu, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Antimalarials *administration dosage ; Chloroquine administration dosage ; Dapsone administration dosage ; Malaria mortality; *prevention control ; Pyrimethamine administration dosage

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTESUNATE; ASCORBIC ACID; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPROGUANIL; DAPSONE; FANSIDAR; FERROUS FUMARATE; FERROUS SULFATE; FOLIC ACID; INSECTICIDE; IRON; MALOPRIM; MEFLOQUINE; PLACEBO; RETINOL;

AGRANULOCYTOSIS; ANEMIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; IRON THERAPY; MALARIA; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVOUSNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURITUS; RASH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIDE EFFECT; SPLENOMEGALY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING;

EID: 44949187466     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003756.pub3     Document Type: Review

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