Intermittent preventive treatment with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) is associated with protection against sub-microscopic P. falciparum infection in pregnant women during the low transmission dry season in southwestern Cameroon: A Semi - longitudinal study

• Tobias O. Apinjoh ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: apinjoh.tobias@ubuea.cm

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9889-7271

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• Vincent N. Ntui,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

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• Hanesh F. Chi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

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• Marcel N. Moyeh,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Bamenda, Bambili, Cameroon

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• Cabrel T. Toussi,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

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• Joel M. Mayaba,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

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• Livinus N. Tangi,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

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• Pilate N. Kwi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

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• Judith K. Anchang-Kimbi,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Zoology and Animal Physiology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

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• Jodie Dionne-Odom,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3625-5174

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• Alan T. N. Tita,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Center of Women’s Reproductive Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States of America

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• Eric A. Achidi,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

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• Alfred Amambua-Ngwa,

  Roles Resources, Supervision

  Affiliation Medical Research Council Unit The Gambia at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Fajara, Banjul, The Gambia

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• Vincent P. K. Titanji

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

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