Table 1.
Search strategy
| Search set | CIDG SR1 | CENTRAL | MEDLINE2 | Embase2 | LILACS2 | ISI Web of Science |
| 1 | malaria | Malaria ti, ab, MeSH | Malaria ti, ab, MeSH | Malaria ti, ab, Emtree | malaria | malaria |
| 2 | artemether | Artemether ti, ab | Artemether ti, ab | Artemether ti, ab, Emtree | artemether | artemether |
| 3 | Artemisinin* | Artemisinin* ti, ab | Artemisinin* ti, ab | Artemisinin* ti, ab | Artemisinin* | Artemisinin* |
| 4 | intramuscular | Intramuscular ti, ab | Intramuscular ti, ab | Intramuscular ti, ab | intramuscular | intramuscular |
| 5 | parenteral | Injections, Intramuscular [MeSH] | Injections, Intramuscular [MeSH] | Intramuscular drug administration [Emtree] | parenteral | parenteral |
| 6 | 2 or 3 | Parenteral ti, ab | Parenteral ti, ab | Parenteral drug administration [Emtree] | 2 or 3 | 2 or 3 |
| 7 | 4 or 5 | 2 or 3 | 2 or 3 | 2 or 3 | 4 or 5 | 4 or 5 |
| 8 | 1 and 5 and 7 | 4 or 5 or 6 | 4 or 5 or 6 | 4 or 5 or 6 | 1 and 5 and 7 | 1 and 5 and 7 |
| 9 | ‐ | 1 and 7 and 8 | 1 and 7 and 8 | 1 and 7 and 8 | ‐ | Randomised clinical trial* |
| 10 | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | 8 and 9 |
1Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group Specialized Register. 2Search terms used in combination with the search strategy for retrieving trials developed by The Cochrane Collaboration (Lefebvre 2011).