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Poor quality vital anti-malarials in Africa - an urgent neglected public health priority
BACKGROUND: Plasmodium falciparum malaria remains a major public health problem. A vital component of malaria control rests on the availability of good quality artemisinin-derivative based combination therapy (ACT) at the correct dose. However, there are increasing reports of poor quality anti-malar...
Autores principales: | Newton, Paul N, Green, Michael D, Mildenhall, Dallas C, Plançon, Aline, Nettey, Henry, Nyadong, Leonard, Hostetler, Dana M, Swamidoss, Isabel, Harris, Glenn A, Powell, Kristen, Timmermans, Ans E, Amin, Abdinasir A, Opuni, Stephen K, Barbereau, Serge, Faurant, Claude, Soong, Ray CW, Faure, Kevin, Thevanayagam, Jonarthan, Fernandes, Peter, Kaur, Harparkash, Angus, Brian, Stepniewska, Kasia, Guerin, Philippe J, Fernández, Facundo M |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3262771/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22152094 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-352 |
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