Intermittent preventive treatment: efficacy and safety of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus piperaquine regimens in schoolchildren of the Democratic Republic of Congo: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BACKGROUND: In malaria endemic areas, schoolchildren usually have asymptomatic malaria infections and consequently remain untreated. Therefore, intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in schoolchildren would be a plausible strategy in malaria stable transmission areas to pre...

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Autores principales: Doua, Joachim Yorokpa, Matangila, Junior, Lutumba, Pascal, Van geertruyden, Jean-Pierre
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Study Protocol
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24063608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-311

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4015766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24063608
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-311

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