From fever to anti-malarial: The treatment-seeking process in rural Senegal

Malaria Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Smith, Lucy A ^a   Bruce, Jane ^a   Gueye, Lamine ^b   Helou, Anthony ^c   Diallo, Rodio ^b   Gueye, Babacar ^b   Jones, Caroline ^a   Webster, Jayne ^a  

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

^b SONATEL Lot R73   (Senegal)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISIN; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; LACTONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FEVER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SENEGAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; DRUG COMBINATION; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTONES; MALARIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SENEGAL;

EID: 78549278469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-9-333     Document Type: Article

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