Erratum: Rural-urban differences in household treatment-seeking behaviour for suspected malaria in children at bata district, Equatorial Guinea (PLoS ONE (2015) 10:8 (e0135887) (DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0135887));Rural-urban differences in household treatment-seeking behaviour for suspected malaria in children at Bata District, Equatorial Guinea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Romay Barja, Maria ^a,b   Jarrin, Inma ^c   Ncogo, Policarpo ^d   Nseng, Gloria ^e   Sagrado, Maria Jose ^c   Santana Morales, Maria A ^b,f   Aparcio, Pilar ^a,b   Valladares, Basilio ^b,f   Riloha, Matilde ^e   Benito, Agustin ^a,b  

^a Red de Investigación de Centros de Enfermedades Tropicales RICET Madrid   (Spain)

^b RICET   (Spain)

^c CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^d Centro de Referencia de Control de Endemias   (Equatorial Guinea)

^e Ministerio de Salud y Bienestar Social   (Equatorial Guinea)

^f ULL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPYRETIC AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; DIPYRONE; PARACETAMOL; PYRIMETHAMINE PLUS SULFADOXINE; QUININE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; FEVER; GUINEA; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NAUSEA; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; SYMPTOM; THERAPY DELAY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WEAKNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; HOUSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIMALARIALS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942428740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138518     Document Type: Erratum

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