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Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy with Mefloquine in HIV-Negative Women: A Multicentre Randomized Controlled Trial

BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is recommended by WHO to prevent malaria in African pregnant women. The spread of SP parasite resistance has raised concerns regarding long-term use for IPT. Mefloquine (MQ) is the most promising of...

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Autores principales: González, Raquel, Mombo-Ngoma, Ghyslain, Ouédraogo, Smaïla, Kakolwa, Mwaka A., Abdulla, Salim, Accrombessi, Manfred, Aponte, John J., Akerey-Diop, Daisy, Basra, Arti, Briand, Valérie, Capan, Meskure, Cot, Michel, Kabanywanyi, Abdunoor M., Kleine, Christian, Kremsner, Peter G., Macete, Eusebio, Mackanga, Jean-Rodolphe, Massougbodgi, Achille, Mayor, Alfredo, Nhacolo, Arsenio, Pahlavan, Golbahar, Ramharter, Michael, Rupérez, María, Sevene, Esperança, Vala, Anifa, Zoleko-Manego, Rella, Menéndez, Clara
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4172436/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25247709
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001733