Treatment uptake by individuals infected with Plasmodium falciparum in rural Gambia, West Africa.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on November 28, 2002

Authors

Lorenz von Seidlein1, Sian Clarke, Neâl Alexander, Fandingding Manneh, Tom Doherty, Margaret Pinder, Gijs Walraven, Brian Greenwood

Author Affiliations

1: Medical Research Council Laboratories, Gambia.

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