Plasma folate level and high-dose folate supplementation predict sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine treatment failure in pregnant women in western Kenya who have uncomplicated malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 198, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1550-1553

  Van Eijk, Anna M ^a,e   Ouma, Peter O ^b   Williamson, John ^c   Ter Kuile, Feiko O ^d   Parise, Monica ^c   Otieno, Kephas ^b   Hamel, Mary J ^c   Ayisi, John G ^b   Kariuki, Simon ^b   Kager, Piet A ^a   Slutsker, Laurence ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR; FOLIC ACID; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; KENYA; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PYRIMETHAMINE; RISK FACTORS; SULFADOXINE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 54949121788     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/592715     Document Type: Article

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