Intermittent preventive treatment to reduce the burden of malaria in children: new evidence on integration and delivery

James G Beeson; Stephen J Rogerson; Ivo Mueller; Jack S Richards; Freya J I Fowkes

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000410

Intermittent preventive treatment to reduce the burden of malaria in children: new evidence on integration and delivery

PLoS Med. 2011 Feb 1;8(2):e1000410. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000410.

Authors

James G Beeson¹, Stephen J Rogerson, Ivo Mueller, Jack S Richards, Freya J I Fowkes

Affiliation

¹ The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. beeson@burnet.edu.au

Abstract

James Beeson and colleagues discuss three new studies in PLoS Medicine that provide valuable evidence on how to delivery and integrate intermittent preventive reatment for malaria in children (IPTc).

MeSH terms

Amodiaquine / therapeutic use
Antimalarials / therapeutic use
Child, Preschool
Drug Combinations
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Malaria / prevention & control*
Male
Pregnancy
Pyrimethamine / therapeutic use
Sulfadoxine / therapeutic use

Substances

Antimalarials
Drug Combinations
Amodiaquine
fanasil, pyrimethamine drug combination
Sulfadoxine
Pyrimethamine