Age-patterns of malaria vary with severity, transmission intensity and seasonality in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and pooled analysis

I Carneiro, A Roca-Feltrer, JT Griffin, L Smith… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background There is evidence that the age-pattern of Plasmodium falciparum malaria varies
with transmission intensity. A better understanding of how this varies with the severity of …

Intermittent preventive treatment against malaria: an update

RD Gosling, ME Cairns, RM Chico… - Expert review of anti …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) against malaria is a malaria control strategy aimed at
reducing the burden of malaria in certain high-risk groups, namely pregnant women and …

Increased prevalence of the pfdhfr/phdhps quintuple mutant and rapid emergence of pfdhps resistance mutations at codons 581 and 613 in Kisumu, Kenya

MD Spalding, FL Eyase, HM Akala, SA Bedno… - Malaria Journal, 2010 - Springer
Background Anti-malarial drug resistance in Kenya prompted two drug policy changes
within a decade: sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) replaced chloroquine (CQ) as the first …

Protective efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and parasite resistance

JT Griffin, M Cairns, AC Ghani, C Roper… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Intermittent Preventive Treatment of malaria in infants using sulfadoxine-
pyrimethamine (SP-IPTi) is recommended by WHO for implementation in settings where …

The cost-effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants in Sub-Saharan Africa

L Conteh, E Sicuri, F Manzi, G Hutton, B Obonyo… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) has been shown to decrease
clinical malaria by approximately 30% in the first year of life and is a promising malaria …

Molecular markers of resistance to sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine one year after implementation of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants in Mali

A Dicko, I Sagara, AA Djimdé, SO Touré, M Traore… - Malaria journal, 2010 - Springer
Background Intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) with sulphadoxine-
pyrimethamine (SP) given during routine vaccinations is efficacious in preventing malaria …

Intermittent preventive treatment in infants for the prevention of malaria in rural western Kenya: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial

FO Odhiambo, MJ Hamel, J Williamson, K Lindblade… - PloS one, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) with sulphadoxine-
pyrimethamine (SP) for the prevention of malaria has shown promising results in six trials …

Duration of protection against clinical malaria provided by three regimens of intermittent preventive treatment in Tanzanian infants

M Cairns, R Gosling, I Carneiro, S Gesase, JF Mosha… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Background Intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) is a new malaria control tool.
However, it is uncertain whether IPTi works mainly through chemoprophylaxis or treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Community effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment for infants (IPTi) in rural southern Tanzania

JRMA Schellenberg, K Shirima… - The American journal …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants (IPTi) with sulphadoxine-
pyrimethamine shows evidence of efficacy in individually randomized, controlled trials. In a …

Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants: a decision-support tool for sub-Saharan Africa

I Carneiro, L Smith, A Ross… - Bulletin of the World …, 2010 - SciELO Public Health
OBJECTIVE: To develop a decision-support tool to help policy-makers in sub-Saharan Africa
assess whether intermittent preventive treatment in infants (IPTi) would be effective for local …