Morbidity from malaria in children in the Year after they had received intermittent preventive treatment of malaria: A randomised trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Konaté, Amadou T ^a   Yaro, Jean Baptiste ^a   Ouédraogo, Amidou Z ^a   Diarra, Amidou ^a   Gansané, Adama ^a   Soulama, Issiaka ^a   Kangoyé, David T ^a   Kaboré, Youssouf ^a   Ouédraogo, Espérance ^a   Ouédraogo, Alphonse ^a   Tiono, Alfred B ^a   Ouédraogo, Issa N ^a   Chandramohan, Daniel ^b   Cousens, Simon ^b   Milligan, Paul J ^b   Sirima, Sodiomon B ^a   Greenwood, Brian M ^b   Diallo, Diadier A ^b  

^a Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORBIDITY; PARASITE LOAD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; BED NET; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SEASON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AMODIAQUINE; ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; BODY WEIGHT; BURKINA FASO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOSQUITO NETS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SEASONS; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051612348     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023391     Document Type: Article

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