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Presumptive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine versus weekly chloroquine for malaria prophylaxis in children with sickle cell anaemia in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial
Nakibuuka, Victoria; Ndeezi, Grace; Nakiboneka, Deborah; Ndugwa, Christopher M.; Tumwine, James K. (BioMed Central, 2009-10-24)Background: Malaria carries high case fatality among children with sickle cell anaemia. In Uganda, chloroquine is used for prophylaxis in these children despite unacceptably high levels of resistance. Intermittent presumptive ...