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Drug coverage in treatment of malaria and the consequences for resistance evolution - evidence from the use of sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine

BACKGROUND: It is argued that, the efficacy of anti-malarials could be prolonged through policy-mediated reductions in drug pressure, but gathering evidence of the relationship between policy, treatment practice, drug pressure and the evolution of resistance in the field is challenging. Mathematical...

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Autores principales: Malisa, Allen L, Pearce, Richard J, Abdulla, Salim, Mshinda, Hassan, Kachur, Patrick S, Bloland, Peter, Roper, Cally
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2908640/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20602754
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-190