Standardized data collection for multi-center clinical studies of severe malaria in African children: establishing the SMAC network.

The Severe Malaria in African Children (SMAC) network was established to conduct mortality-based trials. Although falciparum malaria kills more than one million children each year, single centers cannot enroll enough patients to detect reductions of 20-30% in mortality rates. Our aim was to quantify...

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Main Authors: Taylor, T, Olola, C, Valim, C, Agbenyega, T, Kremsner, P, Krishna, S, Kwiatkowski, D, Newton, C, Missinou, M, Pinder, M, Wypij, D
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2006