A systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in children (IPTc)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Wilson, Anne L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTESUNATE; DIHYDROARTEMISININ; PIPERAQUINE; PLACEBO; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; BED NET; BLOOD DYSCRASIA; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; FEVER; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER INJURY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; META ANALYSIS; PARASITEMIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; RASH; REVIEW; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AGE; ALGORITHM; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INFANT; MALARIA; METHODOLOGY; ONSET AGE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; ALGORITHMS; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79951940527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016976     Document Type: Review

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