Effects of revised diagnostic recommendations on malaria treatment practices across age groups in Kenya.

Effects of revised diagnostic recommendations on malaria treatment practices across age groups in Kenya.

OBJECTIVE: The recent change of treatment policy for uncomplicated malaria from sulfadoxine-pyrime-thamine to artemether-lumefantrine (AL) in Kenya was accompanied by revised malaria diagnosis recommendations promoting presumptive antimalarial treatment in young children and parasitological diagnos...

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Main Authors:	Zurovac, D, Njogu, J, Akhwale, W, Hamer, D, Larson, B, Snow, R
Format:	Journal article
Language:	English
Published:	2008

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