Malaria prevention with IPTp during pregnancy reduces neonatal mortality

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Menéndez, Clara ^a,b   Bardají, Azucena ^a   Sigauque, Betuel ^b,c   Sanz, Sergi ^a   Aponte, John J ^a,b   Mabunda, Samuel ^d   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Ministérioda Saúde   (Mozambique)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FANSIDAR; PLACEBO; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE;

ARTICLE; CHILD DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATION; FOLLOW UP; INFANT MORTALITY; MORTALITY; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MOZAMBIQUE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PYRIMETHAMINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949708417     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009438     Document Type: Article

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