The effect of mass administration of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine combined with artesunate on malaria incidence: a double-blind, community-randomized, placebo-controlled trial in The Gambia.

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Published in Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg on October 30, 2003

Authors

Lorenz von Seidlein1, Gijs Walraven, Paul J Milligan, Neal Alexander, Fandingding Manneh, Jacqueline L Deen, Roz Coleman, Musa Jawara, Steve W Lindsay, Chris Drakeley, Sarah De Martin, Piero Olliaro, Steve Bennett, Maarten Schim van der Loeff, Kunle Okunoye, Geoff A Targett, Keith P McAdam, Justin F Doherty, Brian M Greenwood, Margaret Pinder

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Research Council Laboratories, Fajara, The Gambia. lseidlein@ivi.int

Associated clinical trials:

Mass-Drug Administration to Reduce Malaria Transmission (MDATRANS) | NCT00509015

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