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A cluster-randomized trial of mass drug administration with a gametocytocidal drug combination to interrupt malaria transmission in a low endemic area in Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Effective mass drug administration (MDA) with anti-malarial drugs can clear the human infectious reservoir for malaria and thereby interrupt malaria transmission. The likelihood of success of MDA depends on the intensity and seasonality of malaria transmission, the efficacy of the interv...

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Autores principales: Shekalaghe, Seif A, Drakeley, Chris, van den Bosch, Sven, ter Braak, Roel, van den Bijllaardt, Wouter, Mwanziva, Charles, Semvua, Salimu, Masokoto, Alutu, Mosha, Frank, Teelen, Karina, Hermsen, Rob, Okell, Lucy, Gosling, Roly, Sauerwein, Robert, Bousema, Teun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3169516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21864343
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-247