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[Antimalarial chemoprophylaxis in pregnancy]
1Clinica delle Malattie Infettive, II Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Napoli.
Minerva Ginecologica
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
The drugs available for malaria chemoprophylaxis in pregnancy and their posology, side-effect in pregnant women and foetus are analyzed particularly for areas of high multidrug resistance. Chloroquine and proguanil are the most used with few side-effects, while pyrimethamine is recommended only for chloroquine-resistant Plasmodium falciparum spp.