Malaria prevention during pregnancy-is there a next step forward?
editorial · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 25247816.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001734 and PMC identifier 4172429.
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Abstract
Richard Steketee discusses the two studies by Clara Menendez and colleagues that describe using mefloquine for the intermittent preventative therapy of malaria in both HIV positive and HIV negative pregnant women and outlines the next steps. <i>Please see later in the article for the Editors' Summary</i>
Medical subject headings
- Antimalarials
- HIV Infections
- Insecticide-Treated Bednets
- Malaria
- Mefloquine
- Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
- Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic
- Trimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug Combination