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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Extended Intermittent Preventive Antimalarial Treatment in Infants
Author(s) -
Robin Kobbe,
Christina Kreuzberg,
Samuel Adjei,
Bruce Thompson,
Iris Langefeld,
Paul A. Thompson,
H. H. Abruquah,
Benno Kreuels,
Matilda Ayim,
Wibke Busch,
Florian Marks,
Kwesi Amoah,
Ernest Opoku,
Christian G. Meyer,
Ohene Adjei,
Jürgen May
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
clinical infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1537-6591
pISSN - 1058-4838
DOI - 10.1086/518575
Subject(s) - medicine , malaria , sulfadoxine , pyrimethamine , plasmodium falciparum , sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine , randomized controlled trial , pediatrics , anemia , intensive care medicine , immunology , surgery
Intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment in infants (IPTi) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine reduces falciparum malaria and anemia but has not been evaluated in areas with intense perennial malaria transmission. It is unknown whether an additional treatment in the second year of life prolongs protection.

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