Potential impact of intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) on spread of drug-resistant malaria.
<h4>Background</h4>Treatment of asymptomatic individuals, regardless of their malaria infection status, with regularly spaced therapeutic doses of antimalarial drugs has been proposed as a method for reducing malaria morbidity and mortality. This strategy, called intermittent preventive...
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| Main Authors: | Wendy Prudhomme O'Meara, David L Smith, F Ellis McKenzie |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2006-05-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0030141&type=printable |
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