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Intermittent screening and treatment or intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine versus intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the control of malaria during pregnancy in western Kenya: an open-label, three-group, randomised controlled superiority trial.


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SUBMITTER: Desai M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4718402 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Intermittent screening and treatment or intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine versus intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the control of malaria during pregnancy in western Kenya: an open-label, three-group, randomised controlled superiority trial.

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]

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