Intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine against malaria and anemia in pregnant women

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-21

  Wilson, Nana O ^a   Ceesay, Fatou K ^a   Obed, Samuel A ^b   Adjei, Andrew A ^b   Gyasi, Richard K ^b   Rodney, Patricia ^a   Ndjakani, Yassa ^a   Anderson, Winston A ^c   Lucchi, Naomi W ^d   Stiles, Jonathan K ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SULFADOXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 79960221470     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0512     Document Type: Article

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