Treatment practices for degedege, a locally recognized febrile illness, and implications for strategies to decrease mortality from severe malaria in Bagamoyo District, Tanzania.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on June 01, 1996

Authors

A M Makemba1, P J Winch, V M Makame, G L Mehl, Z Premji, J N Minjas, C J Shiff

Author Affiliations

1: Bagamoyo Bed Net Project, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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