Feasibility, safety and effectiveness of combining home based malaria management and seasonal malaria chemoprevention in children less than 10 years in Senegal: A cluster-randomised trial

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-21

  Tine, Roger C K ^a   Ndour, Cheikh T ^b   Faye, Babacar ^a   Cairns, Matthew ^c   Sylla, Khadime ^a   Ndiaye, Magatte ^a   Ndiaye, Jean L ^a   Sow, Doudou ^a   Cisse, Badara ^a   Magnussen, Pascal ^d   Bygbjerg, Ib C ^d   Gaye, Oumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^b Clinique des Maladies Infectieuses   (Senegal)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chemoprevention; Children; Community; Diagnostic; Malaria; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ARTICLE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; COMMUNITY CARE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOSS OF APPETITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPID TEST; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENEGAL; SOMNOLENCE;

CHEMOPREVENTION; CHILDREN; COMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC; MALARIA; TREATMENT;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SENEGAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84891316004     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/trt103     Document Type: Article

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