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Is there a distinction between malaria treatment and intermittent preventive treatment? Insights from a cross-sectional study of anti-malarial drug use among Ugandan pregnant women

BACKGROUND: In Uganda, treatment of clinical malaria and intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) are common during pregnancy. As a result, both formal and informal reports from antenatal sources suggest possible misuse of SP for malaria treatment among pregnant women....

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Autores principales: Odongo, Charles O, Bisaso, Kuteesa R, Kitutu, Freddy, Obua, Celestino, Byamugisha, Josaphat
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4424832/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25935720
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0702-7