Effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Treatment With Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine During Pregnancy on Maternal and Birth Outcomes in Machinga District, Malawi | Zendy

Julie Gutman | Zendy; Dyson Mwandama | Zendy; Ryan E. Wiegand | Zendy; Daoud Ali | Zendy; Don P. Mathanga | Zendy; Jacek Skarbinski | Zendy

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Effectiveness of Intermittent Preventive Treatment With Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine During Pregnancy on Maternal and Birth Outcomes in Machinga District, Malawi

Author(s) -

Julie Gutman,

Dyson Mwandama,

Ryan E. Wiegand,

Daoud Ali,

Don P. Mathanga,

Jacek Skarbinski

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1093/infdis/jit276

Subject(s) - sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine , medicine , pregnancy , malaria , sulfadoxine , low birth weight , obstetrics , birth weight , parasitemia , premature birth , gestational age , pyrimethamine , immunology , chloroquine , plasmodium falciparum , biology , genetics

Malaria during pregnancy is associated with low birth weight and increased perinatal mortality, especially among primigravidae. Despite increasing prevalence of malarial parasite resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), SP continues to be recommended for intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp).

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