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Seasonal malaria chemoprevention: successes and missed opportunities

Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) was recommended in 2012 for young children in the Sahel during the peak malaria transmission season. Children are given a single dose of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine combined with a 3-day course of amodiaquine, once a month for up to 4 months. Roll-out and scale-u...

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Autores principales: Coldiron, Matthew E., Von Seidlein, Lorenz, Grais, Rebecca F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5704360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29183327
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12936-017-2132-1