Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria provides substantial protection against malaria in children already protected by an insecticide-treated bednet in mali: A randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Dicko, Alassane ^a   Diallo, Abdoulbaki I ^a   Tembine, Intimbeye ^a   Dicko, Yahia ^a   Dara, Niawanlou ^a   Sidibe, Youssoufa ^a   Santara, Gaoussou ^a   Diawara, Halimatou ^a   Conaré, Toumani ^b   Djimde, Abdoulaye ^a   Chandramohan, Daniel ^c   Cousens, Simon ^c   Milligan, Paul J ^c   Diallo, Diadier A ^c   Doumbo, Ogobara K ^a   Greenwood, Brian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^b Centre de Santé de Référence de Kati   (Mali)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; HEMOGLOBIN; PLACEBO; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BED NET; CHILD; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMITTENT PREVENTIVE TREATMENT OF MALARIA IN CHILDREN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MALI; MALNUTRITION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN PRURITUS; SLEEP; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFANT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSECTICIDE-TREATED BEDNETS; MALARIA; MALE; MALI; PLACEBOS;

EID: 79952254355     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000407     Document Type: Article

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