Pregnancy exposure registries for assessing antimalarial drug safety in pregnancy in malaria-endemic countries

PLoS Med. 2008 Sep 30;5(9):e187. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050187. Epub 2008 Sep 9.

Abstract

Feiko ter Kuile and colleagues argue that there is an urgent need to develop targeted pharmacovigilance systems to assess the safety of antimalarials in early pregnancy.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / adverse effects*
  • Endemic Diseases* / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Malaria / drug therapy
  • Malaria / epidemiology*
  • Maternal Exposure* / prevention & control
  • Maternal Exposure* / statistics & numerical data
  • Pregnancy
  • Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects
  • Registries* / statistics & numerical data

Substances

  • Antimalarials