Rural-Urban Differences in Household Treatment-Seeking Behaviour for Suspected Malaria in Children at Bata District, Equatorial Guinea.

Rural-Urban Differences in Household Treatment-Seeking Behaviour for Suspected Malaria in Children at Bata District, Equatorial Guinea.

Malaria remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality among children under five years old in Equatorial Guinea. However, little is known about the community management of malaria and treatment-seeking patterns. We aimed to assess symptoms of children with reported malaria and treatment-seeking be...

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Main Authors:	Maria Romay-Barja, Inma Jarrin, Policarpo Ncogo, Gloria Nseng, Maria Jose Sagrado, Maria A Santana-Morales, Pilar Aparicio, Basilio Valladares, Matilde Riloha, Agustin Benito
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4540319?pdf=render

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