Mefloquine prophylaxis prevents malaria during pregnancy: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of mefloquine antimalarial prophylaxis in pregnancy (> 20 weeks of gestation) was conducted in 339 Karen women living in an area of multidrug-resistant malaria transmission on the Thai-Burmese border. Mefloquine gave > or = 86% (95% confidence i...

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Main Authors: Nosten, F, ter Kuile, F, Maelankiri, L, Chongsuphajaisiddhi, T, Nopdonrattakoon, L, Tangkitchot, S, Boudreau, E, Bunnag, D, White, N
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1994