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Potential contribution of prescription practices to the emergence and spread of chloroquine resistance in south-west Nigeria: caution in the use of artemisinin combination therapy

BACKGROUND: Prescription practices have been shown to influence the emergence of anti-malarial drug resistance. Thus efforts in this study were devoted to evaluating the prescribing practices prior to introduction of the artemisinin based combination therapy (ACT) in Nigeria and its potential contri...

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Autores principales: Gbotosho, Grace O, Happi, Christian T, Ganiyu, Abideen, Ogundahunsi, Olumide A, Sowunmi, Akin, Oduola, Ayoade M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2807872/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20042098
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-313