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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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2014-09-01
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| Series: | Journal of Infection and Public Health |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1876034114000720 |