Antimalarial treatment with artemisinin combination therapy in Africa - Desirable, achievable, but not easy

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作者
Malenga, G [1 ]
Palmer, A
Staedke, S
Kazadi, W
Mutabingwa, T
Ansah, E
Barnes, KI
Whitty, CJM
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[1] Malaria Alert Ctr, Bantyre, Malawi
[2] Ctr Innovat Malaria, Banjul, Gambia
[3] Makerere Univ, UCSF Malaria Res Collaborat, Kampala, Uganda
[4] Malaria Consortium, W African Network Monitoring Antimalarial Treatme, Accra, Ghana
[5] Dangme W Dist Hlth Directorate Res Ctr, Hlth Serv, Dodowa, Ghana
[6] Univ Cape Town, Div Clin Pharmacol, ZA-7700 Rondebosch, South Africa
[7] London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Dept Infect & Trop Dis, London WC1B 3DP, England
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BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL | 2005年 / 331卷 / 7519期
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10.1136/bmj.331.7519.706
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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页码:706 / 707
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