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Efficacy and safety of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in schoolchildren: a systematic review

BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) is a proven malaria control strategy in infants and pregnancy. School-aged children represent 26 % of the African population, and an increasing percentage of them are scholarized. Malaria is causing 50 % of deaths in this age group and malaria cont...

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Autores principales: Matangila, Junior R., Mitashi, Patrick, Inocêncio da Luz, Raquel A., Lutumba, Pascal T., Van Geertruyden, Jean-Pierre
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/PMC4647321/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26574017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0988-5