Reduced efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in malnourished children

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1753-1759

  Danquah, Ina ^a   Dietz, Ekkehart ^a   Zanger, Philipp ^b   Reither, Klaus ^c   Ziniel, Peter ^d   Bienzle, Ulrich ^a   Mockenhaupt, Frank P ^a,e  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Northern Region Malaria Project   (Ghana)

^e Institute of Tropical Medicine   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR;

AFRICA; ANEMIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIMALARIALS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66149144295     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01723-08     Document Type: Article

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