Presumptive treatment of malaria from formal and informal drug vendors in Nigeria.

BACKGROUND: Despite policies that recommend parasitological testing before treatment for malaria, presumptive treatment remains widespread in Nigeria. The majority of Nigerians obtain antimalarial drugs from two types of for-profit drug vendors-formal and informal medicine shops-but little is known...

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Main Authors: Chinwoke Isiguzo, Jennifer Anyanti, Chinazo Ujuju, Ernest Nwokolo, Anna De La Cruz, Eric Schatzkin, Sepideh Modrek, Dominic Montagu, Jenny Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4204870?pdf=render