Evaluation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention in two areas of intense seasonal malaria transmission: Secondary analysis of a household-randomised, placebo-controlled trial in Houndé District, Burkina Faso and Bougouni District, Mali.
<h4>Background</h4>Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is now widely deployed in the Sahel, including several countries that are major contributors to the global burden of malaria. Consequently, it is important to understand whether SMC continues to provide a high level of protection...
Main Authors: | Matthew E Cairns, Issaka Sagara, Issaka Zongo, Irene Kuepfer, Ismaila Thera, Frederic Nikiema, Modibo Diarra, Serge R Yerbanga, Amadou Barry, Amadou Tapily, Samba Coumare, Paul Milligan, Halidou Tinto, Jean Bosco Ouédraogo, Daniel Chandramohan, Brian Greenwood, Abdoulaye Djimde, Alassane Dicko |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2020-08-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003214 |
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