Impact of malaria at the end of pregnancy on infant mortality and morbidity

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 203, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 691-699

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

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ACUTE PLACENTAL INFECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BED NET; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; FOLLOW UP; GYNECOLOGIC INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PARASITEMIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MORBIDITY; MOZAMBIQUE; PLACEBOS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 79751471790     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiq049     Document Type: Article

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