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SUBMITTER: Desai M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4718402 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Desai Meghna M Gutman Julie J L'lanziva Anne A Otieno Kephas K Juma Elizabeth E Kariuki Simon S Ouma Peter P Were Vincent V Laserson Kayla K Katana Abraham A Williamson John J ter Kuile Feiko O FO
Lancet (London, England) 20150928 10012
<h4>Background</h4>Every year, more than 32 million pregnancies in sub-Saharan Africa are at risk of malaria infection and its adverse consequences. The effectiveness of the intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine strategy recommended by WHO is threatened by high levels of parasite resistance. We aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of two alternative strategies: intermittent screening with malaria rapid diagnostic tests and treatment of women who test positive with d ...[more]