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Presumptive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine versus weekly chloroquine for malaria prophylaxis in children with sickle cell anaemia in Uganda: a randomized controlled trial
BACKGROUND: Malaria carries high case fatality among children with sickle cell anaemia. In Uganda, chloroquine is used for prophylaxis in these children despite unacceptably high levels of resistance. Intermittent presumptive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) has shown great potential f...
Autores principales: | Nakibuuka, Victoria, Ndeezi, Grace, Nakiboneka, Deborah, Ndugwa, Christopher M, Tumwine, James K |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2009
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2774335/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19852829 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-237 |
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