Mortalityand morbidity from malaria after stopping malaria chemoprophylaxis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 629-633

  Greenwood, B M ^a   David, P H ^b   Otoo Forbes, L N ^a   Allen, S J ^a   Alonso, P L ^a   Schellenberg, J R Armstrong ^b   Byass, P ^a   Hurwitz, M ^b   Menon, A ^a   Snow, R W ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

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

Author keywords

Children; Malaria; Morbidity; Mortality; Prophylaxis; Pyrimethamine plus dapsone; The Gambia

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; MALOPRIM;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GAMBIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPLEEN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIMALARIALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DAPSONE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GAMBIA; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MORBIDITY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PYRIMETHAMINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 9044232864     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(95)90419-0     Document Type: Article

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