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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...
Autores principales: | Gbotosho, Grace O, Happi, Christian T, Ganiyu, Abideen, Ogundahunsi, Olumide A, Sowunmi, Akin, Oduola, Ayoade M |
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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/PMC2807872/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20042098 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-8-313 |
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