Malaria case-management under artemether-lumefantrine treatment policy in Uganda.

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Published in Malar J on September 19, 2008

Authors

Dejan Zurovac1, James K Tibenderana, Joan Nankabirwa, James Ssekitooleko, Julius N Njogu, John B Rwakimari, Sylvia Meek, Ambrose Talisuna, Robert W Snow

Author Affiliations

1: Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, KEMRI/Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya. dzurovac@nairobi.kemri-wellcome.org

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