Placental malaria and low birth weight in pregnant women living in a rural area of Burkina Faso following the use of three preventive treatment regimens

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The weekly chemoprophylaxis of malaria during pregnancy with chloroquine (CQ) has become problematic with the increasing resistance of <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>to this drug. There was a need to test the benefits of...

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Main Authors: Nébié Issa, Konaté Amadou T, Diarra Amidou, Bougouma Edith C, Ouedraogo Alphonse, Tiono Alfred B, Sirima Sodiomon B
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-10-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/8/1/224