A community perspective on the efficacy of malaria treatment options for children in Lundazi District, Zambia
Open Access
- 1 October 1999
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in Tropical Medicine & International Health
- Vol. 4 (10), 641-652
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-3156.1999.00471.x
Abstract
Summary In 1996, Zambia's Ministry of Health made sulfadoxine‐pyrimethamine (SP) available as a second‐line antimalarial. SP differs from chloroquine (CQ) in ways that might affect parents' acceptanc...Keywords
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