Management of malaria and other severe infections in rural Africa and Asia

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7747, 2010, Pages 610-

  Whitty, Christopher J M ^a   Leslie, Toby ^b   Chandler, Clare I R ^a   Staedke, Sarah G ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Protection and Research Organisation   (Afghanistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE;

AFRICA; ASIA; EDITORIAL; FEVER; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALARIA; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA;

ADMINISTRATION, RECTAL; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BANGLADESH; GHANA; HUMANS; MALARIA; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA;

EID: 77949694373     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c1527     Document Type: Editorial

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