Intermittent preventive treatment using artemisinin-based combination therapy reduces malaria morbidity among school-aged children in Mali

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 784-791

  Barger, Breanna ^a   Maiga, Hamma ^b   Traore, Oumar Bila ^b   Tekete, Mamadou ^b   Tembine, Intimbeye ^b   Dara, Antoine ^b   Traore, Zoumana Isaac ^b   Gantt, Soren ^c   Doumbo, Ogobara K ^b   Djimde, Abdoulaye A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisinin; Children; Intermittent preventive treatment; Malaria; School

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; ASCORBIC ACID; FANSIDAR; HEMOGLOBIN;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE TREATMENT; MALARIA; MORBIDITY; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALI; MORBIDITY; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANEMIA; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MALI; PARASITEMIA; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; MALI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARTESUNATE;

EID: 68149172721     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02294.x     Document Type: Article

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