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Effectiveness of rectal artesunate as pre-referral treatment for severe malaria in children under 5 years of age: a multi-country observational study

BACKGROUND: To prevent child deaths from severe malaria, early parenteral treatment is essential. Yet, in remote rural areas, accessing facilities offering parenteral antimalarials may be difficult. A randomised controlled trial found pre-referral treatment with rectal artesunate (RAS) to reduce dea...

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Autores principales: Hetzel, Manuel W., Okitawutshu, Jean, Tshefu, Antoinette, Omoluabi, Elizabeth, Awor, Phyllis, Signorell, Aita, Brunner, Nina C., Kalenga, Jean-Claude, Akano, Babatunde K., Ayodeji, Kazeem, Okon, Charles, Yusuf, Ocheche, Athieno, Proscovia, Kimera, Joseph, Tumukunde, Gloria, Angiro, Irene, Delvento, Giulia, Lee, Tristan T., Lambiris, Mark J., Kwiatkowski, Marek, Cereghetti, Nadja, Visser, Theodoor, Napier, Harriet G., Cohen, Justin M., Buj, Valentina, Burri, Christian, Lengeler, Christian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9550309/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36217159
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-022-02541-8