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September 5, 2025Malaria JournalOpen Access

Do women attending antenatal clinics who use only intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) have higher Plasmodium falciparum prevalence compared to those who used both IPTp and slept under insecticide-treated nets?

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JMJesuspower Chikere MadukweEAEkenedirichukwu Blasingame AhanekuOOOkechukwu Shedrach Onukafor

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Cross-sectional analysis finds higher Plasmodium falciparum prevalence with intermittent preventive treatment alone, indicating insecticide-treated nets offer critical protection.

Key Points

  • Higher prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum was found in women using only intermittent preventive treatment, at 61.2%.
  • The study revealed that those using both IPTp and insecticide-treated nets had an 86% reduction in odds of infection.
  • This cross-sectional analysis included 143 pregnant women from multiple hospitals in southern Nigeria.
  • Educational campaigns and better access to insecticide-treated nets are necessary to enhance malaria prevention.

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Madukwe et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c238d2b210217d64779dbehttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-025-05532-1
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