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Presumptive Treatment of Malaria from Formal and Informal Drug Vendors in Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Despite policies that recommend parasitological testing before treatment for malaria, presumptive treatment remains widespread in Nigeria. The majority of Nigerians obtain antimalarial drugs from two types of for-profit drug vendors—formal and informal medicine shops—but little is known...

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Autores principales:	Isiguzo, Chinwoke, Anyanti, Jennifer, Ujuju, Chinazo, Nwokolo, Ernest, De La Cruz, Anna, Schatzkin, Eric, Modrek, Sepideh, Montagu, Dominic, Liu, Jenny
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204870/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25333909 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110361

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