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...

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Main Author: Jean Jacques N. Noubiap
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-09-01
Series:Journal of Infection and Public Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034114000720

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