Malaria morbidity in children in the year after they had received intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in mali: A randomized control trial

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Dicko, Alassane ^a   Barry, Amadou ^a   Dicko, Mohamed ^a   Diallo, Abdoulbaki I ^a   Tembine, Intimbeye ^a   Dicko, Yahia ^a   Dara, Niawanlou ^a   Sidibe, Youssoufa ^a   Santara, Gaoussou ^a   Conaré, Toumani ^b   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; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MALI; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; BED NET; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; SEASON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

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

EID: 80051614618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0023390     Document Type: Article

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