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Insecticide-treated nets in pregnancy

New research published in PLoS Medicine supports current recommendations that pregnant women who live in areas where malaria is common should sleep under insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs). The researchers reviewed evidence from five trials (four of them conducted in Africa) and found that women who sleep under ITNs are less likely to have miscarriages than other women. They have fewer malaria parasites in their blood and their babies are less likely to be of low birth weight.

Citation: Gamble C, Ekwaru PJ, Garner P, ter Kuile FO (2007) Insecticide-treated nets for the prevention of malaria in pregnancy: A systematic review of randomised controlled trials. PLoS Med 4(3): e107.

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PRESS-ONLY PREVIEW OF THE ARTICLE: http://www.plos.org/press/plme-04-03-ter-kulie.pdf

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Characteristics of systematic reviews

A key part of the evidence-based approach to medicine is the use of systematic reviews, which seek to bring together and assess the findings of all the research that has been conducted on each specific medical question. Some 2500 systematic reviews are now being publi
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