Randomized trial of piperaquine with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine or dihydroartemisinin for malaria intermittent preventive treatment in children.

<h4>Background</h4>The long terminal half life of piperaquine makes it suitable for intermittent preventive treatment for malaria but no studies of its use for prevention have been done in Africa. We did a cluster randomized trial to determine whether piperaquine in combination with eith...

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Main Authors: Badara Cisse, Matthew Cairns, Ernest Faye, Ousmane NDiaye, Babacar Faye, Cecile Cames, Yue Cheng, Maguette NDiaye, Aminata Collé Lô, Kirsten Simondon, Jean-Francois Trape, Oumar Faye, Jean Louis NDiaye, Oumar Gaye, Brian Greenwood, Paul Milligan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0007164&type=printable
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