Evaluation of the effectiveness and compliance of intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) in the control of malaria in pregnant women in South Eastern Nigeria

Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 599-605

  Nduka, F O ^a   Nwosu, E ^b   Oguariri, R M ^a,c  

^a ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Federal College of Agriculture Ishiagu   (Nigeria)

^c SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROQUINE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INTERMITTENT PREVENTIVE TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PLACENTA; PREGNANT WOMAN;

ANEMIA; ANTIMALARIALS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NIGERIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREVALENCE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84455188755     PISSN: 00034983     EISSN: 13648594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047773211Y.0000000015     Document Type: Article

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