Vitamin A and zinc supplementation among pregnant women to prevent placental malaria: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in Tanzania

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 826-834

  Darling, Anne Marie ^a   Mugusi, Ferdinand M ^b   Etheredge, Analee J ^a,c   Gunaratna, Nilupa S ^a   Abioye, Ajibola Ibraheem ^a   Aboud, Said ^b   Duggan, Christopher ^a,c   Mongi, Robert ^b   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Roberts, Drucilla ^d   Hamer, Davidson H ^e,f   Ain, Kevin C ^g,h   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^h TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; PYRIMETHAMINE; RETINOL; RNA 18S; SULFADOXINE; ZINC;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INSECTICIDE TREATED NET; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL DEATH; MINERAL SUPPLEMENTATION; PERINATAL DEATH; PLACENTA MALARIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TANZANIA; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOUNG ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANZANIA; VITAMIN A; ZINC;

EID: 85017284026     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0599     Document Type: Article

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