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Protective efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and parasite resistance.
PloS one - 7 Sept 2010
Griffin Jamie T, Cairns Matthew, Ghani Azra C, Roper Cally, Schellenberg David, Carneiro Ilona, Newman Robert D, Grobusch Martin P, Greenwood Brian, Chandramohan Daniel, Gosling Roly D
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BACKGROUND: Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria in infants using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP-IPTi) is recommended by WHO for implementation in settings where resistance to SP is not high. Here we examine the relationship between the protective efficacy of SP-IPTi and measures of SP resistance. METHODS AND RESULTS: We analysed the relationship between protective efficacy reported in the 7 SP-IPTi trials...
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