Effectiveness and safety of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria using either dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine or artesunate-amodiaquine in reducing malaria related morbidities and improving cognitive ability in school-aged children in Tanzania: A study protocol for a controlled randomised trial
Background: In high transmission settings, up to 70% of school-aged children harbour malaria parasites without showing any clinical symptoms. Thus, epidemiologically, school aged children act as a substantial reservoir for malaria transmission. Asymptomatic Plasmodium infections induce inflammation...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-03-01
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| Series: | Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451865420300302 |