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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...
Autores principales: | Matangila, Junior R., Mitashi, Patrick, Inocêncio da Luz, Raquel A., Lutumba, Pascal T., Van Geertruyden, Jean-Pierre |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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