Economic evaluation of an alternative drug to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine as intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy.

Economic evaluation of an alternative drug to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine as intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy.

Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is recommended in HIV-negative women to avert malaria, while this relies on cotrimoxazole prophylaxis (CTXp) in HIV-positive women. Alternative antimalarials are required in areas where parasite resistance to a...

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Main Authors: Elisa Sicuri, Silke Fernandes, Eusebio Macete, Raquel González, Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, Achille Massougbodgi, Salim Abdulla, August Kuwawenaruwa, Abraham Katana, Meghna Desai, Michel Cot, Michael Ramharter, Peter Kremsner, Laurence Slustker, John Aponte, Kara Hanson, Clara Menéndez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4410941?pdf=render

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