Open AccessThe role of prophylactic antimalarial in the reduction of placental parasitemia among pregnant women in Calabar, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Emmanuel Columba Inyang-Etoh,
TU Agan,
Saturday Etuk,
PC Inyang-Etoh
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.93795
Subject(s) - parasitemia , malaria , sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine , medicine , sulfadoxine , pregnancy , obstetrics , regimen , chloroquine , pyrimethamine , pediatrics , immunology , plasmodium falciparum , biology , genetics
Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine is a recommendation of the World Health Organization as part of the malaria control strategy in pregnancy in areas with malaria burden.