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Correct dosing of artemether-lumefantrine for management of uncomplicated malaria in rural Tanzania: do facility and patient characteristics matter?
BACKGROUND: Use of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), such as artemether-lumefantrine (AL), requires a strict dosing schedule that follows the drugs’ pharmacokinetic properties. The quality of malaria case management was assessed in two areas in rural Tanzania, to ascertain patient charact...
Autores principales: | Masanja, Irene M, Selemani, Majige, Khatib, Rashid A, Amuri, Baraka, Kuepfer, Irene, Kajungu, Dan, de Savigny, Don, Kachur, S Patrick, Skarbinski, Jacek |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4029733/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24325267 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-446 |
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