Abandoning presumptive antimalarial treatment for febrile children aged less than five years - a case of running before we can walk?
Background to the Debate Current guidelines recommend that all fever episodes in African children be treated presumptively with antimalarial drugs. But declining malarial transmission in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, declining proportions of fevers due to malaria, and the availability of rapid diagno...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2009
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