Artemisinin drugs for severe malaria in children: a review
Falciparum malaria is a potentially lethal para-sitic infection. Children are particularly vulne-rable to its effects, largely because the protection afforded by semi-immunity takes many years to develop. The World Health Organisation estimates that 2-3 million children die every year, most of them...
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Malaysian Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Malaysian Paediatric Association
2001
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