Intermittent preventive treatment in infants for the prevention of malaria in rural Western kenya: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial.

Intermittent preventive treatment in infants for the prevention of malaria in rural Western kenya: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial.

Intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) for the prevention of malaria has shown promising results in six trials. However, resistance to SP is rising and alternative drug combinations need to be evaluated to better understand the role of treatment vers...

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Main Authors:	Frank O Odhiambo, Mary J Hamel, John Williamson, Kim Lindblade, Feiko O ter Kuile, Elizabeth Peterson, Peter Otieno, Simon Kariuki, John Vulule, Laurence Slutsker, Robert D Newman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-04-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2848869?pdf=render

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