A single dose of azithromycin versus placebo for malaria in infants: A cluster-randomized trial

Rikhard Ihamuotila, Jane Juma, Fadima Haidara, Oumar Samaké, Juho Luoma, Laura Adubra, Yin Bun Cheung, Dagmar Alber, Awa Traoré, Camilla Ducker, Ulla Ashorn, Per Ashorn, Samba Sow, Yue-Mei Fan

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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006518
Published: 2026-08-20
Container: PLOS Global Public Health
Publisher: Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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@article{allodium:10.1371/journal.pgph.0006518,
  title = {A single dose of azithromycin versus placebo for malaria in infants: A cluster-randomized trial},
  author = {Rikhard Ihamuotila and Jane Juma and Fadima Haidara and Oumar Samaké and Juho Luoma and Laura Adubra and Yin Bun Cheung and Dagmar Alber and Awa Traoré and Camilla Ducker and Ulla Ashorn and Per Ashorn and Samba Sow and Yue-Mei Fan},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {PLOS Global Public Health},
  doi = {10.1371/journal.pgph.0006518},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0006518}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - A single dose of azithromycin versus placebo for malaria in infants: A cluster-randomized trial
AU  - Rikhard Ihamuotila
AU  - Jane Juma
AU  - Fadima Haidara
AU  - Oumar Samaké
AU  - Juho Luoma
AU  - Laura Adubra
AU  - Yin Bun Cheung
AU  - Dagmar Alber
AU  - Awa Traoré
AU  - Camilla Ducker
AU  - Ulla Ashorn
AU  - Per Ashorn
AU  - Samba Sow
AU  - Yue-Mei Fan
PY  - 2026
JO  - PLOS Global Public Health
DO  - 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006518
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Ihamuotila, R., Juma, J., Haidara, F., Samaké, O., Luoma, J., Adubra, L., Cheung, Y. B., Alber, D., Traoré, A., Ducker, C., Ashorn, U., Ashorn, P., Sow, S., & Fan, Y. (2026). A single dose of azithromycin versus placebo for malaria in infants: A cluster-randomized trial. PLOS Global Public Health. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0006518

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