Intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine may promote plasmodium falciparum gametocytogenesis

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 63-67

  Fehintola, F A ^b   Balogun, S T ^a   Adeoye, S B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c Aremo Maternity Centre   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Intermittent preventive treatment; Malaria; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; DRUG INTERMITTENT THERAPY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; GAMETOCYTEMIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MATERNAL AGE; NIGERIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARASITEMIA; PARITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALARIA; MOSQUITO NETS; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PYRIMETHAMINE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SULFADOXINE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82955162730     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000332405     Document Type: Article

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