Impact of artemisinin-based combination therapy and insecticide-treated nets on malaria burden in Zanzibar.

<h4>Background</h4>The Roll Back Malaria strategy recommends a combination of interventions for malaria control. Zanzibar implemented artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) for uncomplicated malaria in late 2003 and long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) from early 2006. ACT is prov...

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Main Authors: Achuyt Bhattarai, Abdullah S Ali, S Patrick Kachur, Andreas Mårtensson, Ali K Abbas, Rashid Khatib, Abdul-Wahiyd Al-Mafazy, Mahdi Ramsan, Guida Rotllant, Jan F Gerstenmaier, Fabrizio Molteni, Salim Abdulla, Scott M Montgomery, Akira Kaneko, Anders Björkman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2007-11-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040309