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Education and knowledge helps combating malaria, but not degedege: a cross-sectional study in Rufiji, Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Traditional medicine is readily available in Tanzania, and local terms like degedege is widely used for malaria-like illnesses, often associated with supernatural forces. Malaria prevention and intervention efforts can benefit from policy-makers’ awareness of local perceptions and belief...

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Autores principales:	Spjeldnæs, Astrid Onarheim, Kitua, Andrew Y, Blomberg, Bjørn
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4058719/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-13-200

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