Shifting from quinine to artesunate as first-line treatment of severe malaria in children and adults: Saving more lives
Summary: Severe malaria kills more than a half million people each year. Based on high-quality evidence of the efficacy superiority of artesunate over quinine in adults and children with severe malaria, the World Health Organization guidelines have been revised. The WHO currently recommends injectab...
Main Author: | Jean Jacques N. Noubiap |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Infection and Public Health |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034114000720 |
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