Intermittent preventive therapy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study from Tororo, Uganda.

Intermittent preventive therapy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria in pregnancy: a cross-sectional study from Tororo, Uganda.

Intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is widely recommended in sub-Saharan Africa to reduce the risk of malaria and improve birth outcomes. However, there are reports that the efficacy of IPTp with SP is waning, especially in parts of Africa wh...

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Main Authors: Emmanuel Arinaitwe, Veronica Ades, Andrew Walakira, Boaz Ninsiima, Olive Mugagga, Teja S Patil, Alanna Schwartz, Moses R Kamya, Sussann Nasr, Michelle Chang, Scott Filler, Grant Dorsey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3762885?pdf=render

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