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SUBMITTER: Madanitsa M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10063957 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Madanitsa Mwayiwawo M Barsosio Hellen C HC Minja Daniel T R DTR Mtove George G Kavishe Reginald A RA Dodd James J Saidi Queen Q Onyango Eric D ED Otieno Kephas K Wang Duolao D Ashorn Ulla U Hill Jenny J Mukerebe Crispin C Gesase Samwel S Msemo Omari A OA Mwapasa Victor V Phiri Kamija S KS Maleta Kenneth K Klein Nigel N Magnussen Pascal P Lusingu John P A JPA Kariuki Simon S Mosha Jacklin F JF Alifrangis Michael M Hansson Helle H Schmiegelow Christentze C Gutman Julie R JR Chico R Matthew RM Ter Kuile Feiko O FO
Lancet (London, England) 20230310 10381
<h4>Background</h4>Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine is more effective than IPTp with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine at reducing malaria infection during pregnancy in areas with high-grade resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine by Plasmodium falciparum in east Africa. We aimed to assess whether IPTp with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine, alone or combined with azithromycin, can reduce adverse pregnancy outcomes compared with IPTp with sulfadoxine ...[more]