Intermittent preventive treatment to reduce the burden of malaria in children: New evidence on integration and delivery

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Beeson, James G ^a   Rogerson, Stephen J ^b   Mueller, Ivo ^c,d   Richards, Jack S ^a   Fowkes, Freya J I ^a  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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

^d PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; INSECTICIDE; MALARIA VACCINE; PLACEBO; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SYMPTOM; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA; MALE; PREGNANCY; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE;

EID: 79952255327     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000410     Document Type: Article

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