Providing lipid-based nutrient supplement during pregnancy does not reduce the risk of maternal P falciparum parasitaemia and reproductive tract infections: A randomised controlled trial

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Nkhoma, Minyanga ^a   Ashorn, Per ^a,b   Ashorn, Ulla ^a   Dewey, Kathryn G ^c   Gondwe, Austrida ^a   Mbotwa, John ^d   Rogerson, Stephen ^e   Taylor, Steve M ^f,g   Maleta, Kenneth ^d  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^e PETER DOHERTY INSTITUTE FOR INFECTION AND IMMUNITY   (Australia)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Micronutrients; Plasmodium falciparum; Pregnancy; Reproductive tract infections; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; IRON; LIPID; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MALAWIAN; MICROSCOPY; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SMALL QUANTITY LIPID BASED NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT; TRICHOMONIASIS; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VAGINA CANDIDIASIS; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICRONUTRIENTS; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 85011371092     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-016-1215-2     Document Type: Article

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