Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy and risk of malaria in early childhood: A randomized controlled trial.

Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria during pregnancy and risk of malaria in early childhood: A randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND:Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (IPTp-DP) has been shown to reduce the burden of malaria during pregnancy compared to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP). However, limited data exist on how IPTp regimens impact malaria r...

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Main Authors: Prasanna Jagannathan, Abel Kakuru, Jaffer Okiring, Mary K Muhindo, Paul Natureeba, Miriam Nakalembe, Bishop Opira, Peter Olwoch, Felistas Nankya, Isaac Ssewanyana, Kevin Tetteh, Chris Drakeley, James Beeson, Linda Reiling, Tamara D Clark, Isabel Rodriguez-Barraquer, Bryan Greenhouse, Erika Wallender, Francesca Aweeka, Mary Prahl, Edwin D Charlebois, Margaret E Feeney, Diane V Havlir, Moses R Kamya, Grant Dorsey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-07-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6049882?pdf=render

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