Intermittent screening and treatment with artemisinin-combination therapy versus intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria in pregnancy: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials

Intermittent screening and treatment with artemisinin-combination therapy versus intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria in pregnancy: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials

Background: In sub-Saharan Africa, the efficacy of intermittent preventive therapy in pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) for malaria in pregnancy is threatened by parasite resistance. We conducted an individual-participant data (IPD) meta-analysis to assess the efficacy of intermitt...

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Main Authors: Julie R Gutman, Carole Khairallah, Kasia Stepniewska, Harry Tagbor, Mwayiwawo Madanitsa, Matthew Cairns, Anne Joan L'lanziva, Linda Kalilani, Kephas Otieno, Victor Mwapasa, Steve Meshnick, Simon Kariuki, Daniel Chandramohan, Meghna Desai, Steve M. Taylor, Brian Greenwood, Feiko O. ter Kuile
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:EClinicalMedicine
Subjects:
Malaria
pregnancy
intermittent preventive treatment
intermittent screening
sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine
artemisinin combination therapy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589537021004405

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