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. 2014 Sep 23;11(9):e1001734.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001734. eCollection 2014 Sep.

Malaria prevention during pregnancy-is there a next step forward?

Richard W Steketee  1
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Malaria prevention during pregnancy-is there a next step forward?

Richard W Steketee. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

Richard Steketee discusses the two studies by Clara Menendez and colleagues that describe using mefloquine for the intermittent preventative therapy of malaria in both HIV positive and HIV negative pregnant women and outlines the next steps.

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I declare that I have no competing interests related to the article.

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