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An operational comparative study of quinine and artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria in hospitals and health centres in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the MATIAS study

BACKGROUND: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the highest number of severe malaria cases in the world. In early 2012, the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) changed the policy for treating severe malaria in children and adults from injectable quinine to injectable artesunate. To...

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Autores principales: Ferrari, Giovanfrancesco, Ntuku, Henry M., Burri, Christian, Tshefu, Antoinette K., Duparc, Stephan, Hugo, Pierre, Mitembo, Didier K., Ross, Amanda, Ngwala, Philippe L., Luwawu, Joseph N., Musafiri, Papa N., Ngoie, Symphorien E., Lengeler, Christian
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/PMC4455055/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26024661
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0732-1