A need for new tools for prevention of malaria in pregnancy
Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is a chemoprevention strategy against malaria in pregnancy. A recent PLOS Medicine study highlights the need for better understanding of the mechanism by which IPTp-SP reduces low birthweight, as well as novel measures to prevent malaria earlier in gestation.
Authors
- Makoto Saito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1667-9287)
- Rose McGready
Institutions
- Mahidol University (TH)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Shoklo Malaria Research Unit (TH)
- Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit (TH)
- Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Medicine
- Published
- 2025-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004729
- Primary Topic
- Malaria Research and Control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00