Community effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Treatment for infants (IPTi) in rural Southern Tanzania

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 772-781

  Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna R M ^a   Shirima, Kizito ^b   Maokola, Werner ^b   Manzi, Fatuma ^b   Mrisho, Mwifadhi ^b   Mushi, Adiel ^c   Mshinda, Hassan ^b   Alonso, Pedro ^d   Tanner, Marcel ^e   Schellenberg, David M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^d HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^e SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 77952694812     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0207     Document Type: Article

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