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Kampf gegen Malaria: So simpel, so effektiv
Um alle gefährdeten Kleinkinder und werdenden Mütter in Afrika zu
schützen, bräuchte es etwa 192 Millionen Moskito-Netze
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Vol. 297 No. 20, May 23/30, 2007
JAMA
This Week in JAMA
JAMA.2007;297:2167.
MALARIAA JAMA THEME ISSUE
Edited by Gianna Zuccotti, MD, MPH, and Catherine D.
DeAngelis, MD, MPH
Treatment of Plasmodium vivax Malaria
When Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax coexist
and species-specific malaria diagnosis is difficult, treatment
that is efficacious against both species is desirable. Leslie and
colleagues conducted a randomized trial testing the relative
efficacy and safety of 2 antifolate therapies vs chloroquine for
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