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Overuse of artemisinin-combination therapy in Mto wa Mbu (river of mosquitoes), an area misinterpreted as high endemic for malaria

BACKGROUND: Adequate malaria diagnosis and treatment remain major difficulties in rural sub-Saharan Africa. These issues deserve renewed attention in the light of first-line treatment with expensive artemisinin-combination therapy (ACT) and changing patterns of transmission intensity. This study des...

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Autores principales: Mwanziva, Charles, Shekalaghe, Seif, Ndaro, Arnold, Mengerink, Bianca, Megiroo, Simon, Mosha, Frank, Sauerwein, Robert, Drakeley, Chris, Gosling, Roly, Bousema, Teun
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2588630/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18986520
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-232