Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance and intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy: A retrospective analysis of birth weight data in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 322-329

  Likwela, Joris L ^a   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^b   Lokwa, Bernard L ^c   Meuris, Sylvain ^a   Dramaix, Michele W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KISANGANI   (Congo)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Democratic Republic of Congo; Intermittent preventive treatment; Malaria; Pregnancy; Sulfadoxine pyrimethamine

Indexed keywords

PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

CHILD HEALTH; DATA SET; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG RESISTANCE; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIMALARIALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONGO; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PYRIMETHAMINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SULFADOXINE; YOUNG ADULT;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO;

EID: 84857359565     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02935.x     Document Type: Article

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