Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine during pregnancy in Burkina Faso: effect of adding a third dose to the standard two-dose regimen on low birth weight, anaemia and pregnancy outcomes

BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) is being implemented in most malaria endemic countries as a standard two-doses regimen as it reduces the risk of low birth weight (LBW) and the prevalence of maternal anaemia. Nevertheless, where the risk of infe...

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Main Authors: Valea, Innocent, Tinto, Halidou, Drabo, Maxime K, Huybregts, Lieven, Henry, Marie-Claire, Roberfroid, Dominique, Guiguemde, Robert T, Kolsteren, Patrick, D'Alessandro, Umberto
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2995800/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24576068
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-324
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