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 (Author) |
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Elsevier,
2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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