Quinine monotherapy for treating uncomplicated malaria in the era of artemisinin-based combination therapy: an appropriate public health policy?

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Published in Lancet Infect Dis on July 01, 2009

Authors

Adoke Yeka1, Jane Achan, Umberto D'Alessandro, Ambrose O Talisuna

Author Affiliations

1: Uganda Malaria Surveillance Project, Kampala, Uganda.

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