Presumptive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine versus weekly chloroquine for malaria prophylaxis in children with sickle cell anaemia in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: Malaria carries high case fatality among children with sickle cell anaemia. In Uganda, chloroquine is used for prophylaxis in these children despite unacceptably high levels of resistance. Intermittent presumptive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) has shown great potential f...

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Autores principales: Nakibuuka, Victoria, Ndeezi, Grace, Nakiboneka, Deborah, Ndugwa, Christopher M, Tumwine, James K
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2774335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19852829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-237

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2774335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19852829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-237

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