Mounkaila Harouna et al. BMC Infectious Diseases (2015) 15:317 DOI 10.1186/s12879-015-1009-6
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Effect of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis on the incidence of malaria in HIV-infected children in 2012, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire: a prospective cohort study Aïda Mounkaila Harouna1,2*, Madeleine Amorissani-Folquet3,4, François Tanoh Eboua5, Sophie Desmonde1,2, Sylvie N’Gbeche6, Edmond Addi Aka6, Kouakou Kouadio7, Brou Kouacou8, Karen Malateste1,2, Clarisse Bosse-Amani8, Patrick Ahuatchi Coffie3,9, Valeriane Leroy1,2 and for the IeDEA paediatric West African Study Group
Abstract Background: Cotrimoxazole prophylaxis has an antimalarial effect which could have an additional protective effect against malaria in HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy (ART). We measured the incidence and associated factors of malaria in HIV-infected children on ART and/or cotrimoxazole in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Methods: All HIV-infected children
