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General Reports
         

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

 
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Varying efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants in two similar
trials: public health implications.
 Menendez C, Schellenberg D, Macete E, et al  
Malar J. 2007 Sep 26;6(1):132
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Review of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants and children.
Munday S.
J Paediatr Child Health. 2007 Jun;43(6):424-8.
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Review: Intermittent preventive treatment--a new approach to the prevention of malaria
in children in areas with seasonal malaria transmission.
Greenwood B.
Trop Med Int Health. 2006 Jul;11(7):983-91
 Abstract
 
Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria control administered at the time of routine
vaccinations in mozambican infants: a randomized, placebo-controlled trial
Macete E, Aide P, Aponte JJ, et al
J Infect Dis. 2006 Aug 1;194(3):276-85
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Chemoprophylaxis and intermittent treatment for preventing malaria in children.
Meremikwu MM, Omari AA, Garner P.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2005 Oct 19;(4):CD003756.
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Cluster randomised trial of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants in area of
high, seasonal transmission in Ghana.
Chandramohan D, Owusu-Agyei S, et al
BMJ. 2005 Oct 1;331(7519):727-33.
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Malaria chemoprophylaxis in traveling children
Minodier P, Noel G, Blanc P, et al
Arch Pediatr. 2005 Jan;12(1):53-8.
 Abstract

Prevention of malaria in children.
Fischer PR, Bialek R.
Clin Infect Dis 2002 Feb 15;34(4):493-8
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Nets
         

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
 
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Increasing Coverage and Decreasing Inequity in Insecticide-Treated Bed Net Use among Rural
Kenyan Children.
 Noor AM, Amin AA, Akhwale WS et al.  
PLoS Med. 2007 Aug 21;4(8):e255
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Preventing childhood malaria in Africa by protecting adults from mosquitoes with
insecticide-treated nets.
Killeen GF, Smith TA, Ferguson HM, et al
PLoS Med. 2007 Jul;4(7):e229.
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Distribution of free untreated bednets bundled with insecticide via an integrated child health
campaign in Lindi Region, Tanzania: lessons for future campaigns.
Skarbinski J, Massaga JJ, Rowe AK, Kachur SP.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Jun;76(6):1100-6.
 Abstract

Socially marketed insecticide-treated nets effectively reduce Plasmodium infection and
anaemia among children in urban Malawi.
Mathanga DP, Campbell CH, Taylor TE, et al
Trop Med Int Health. 2006 Sep;11(9):1367-74.
 Abstract

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Compliance of young children with ITN protection in rural Burkina Faso.
Frey C, Traore C, De Allegri M, et al
Malar J. 2006 Aug 14;5:70.
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Vaccines
         

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  FULL-TEXT ARTICLE
A Phase 2b Randomised Trial of the Candidate Malaria Vaccines FP9 ME-TRAP and
MVA ME-TRAP among Children in Kenya.
Bejon P, Mwacharo J, Kai O, et al
PLoS Clin Trials. 2006 Oct 20;1(6):e29
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  Safety and immunogenicty of RTS,S/AS02A candidate malaria vaccine in Gambian children.
Bojang KA, Olodude F, Pinder M, et al
Vaccine. 2005 Jul 14;23(32):4148-57.
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Vitamin/Mineral Supplementation
         

          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Effects of routine prophylactic supplementation with iron and folic acid on
admission to hospital and mortality in preschool children in a high malaria t
ransmission setting: community-based, randomised, placebo-controlled trial.
Sazawal S, Black RE, Ramsan M,
 Lancet. 2006 Jan 14;367(9505):133-43.
Abstracts
 
Zinc and iron supplementation and malaria, diarrhea, and respiratory infections in children
in the Peruvian Amazon.
Richard SA, Zavaleta N, Caulfield LE, et al
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2006 Jul;75(1):126-32.
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