Guidelines for the treatment of malaria
Malaria control requires an integrated approach, including prevention (primarily vector control) and prompt treatment with effective antimalarials. Since the publication of the first edition of these Guidelinesin 2006, most of the countries where P. Falciparum is endemic have progressively updated t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Geneva :
World Health Organization
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
| Series: | Nonseral Publication
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622332206719 |
| Summary: | Malaria control requires an integrated approach, including prevention (primarily vector control) and prompt treatment with effective antimalarials. Since the publication of the first edition of these Guidelinesin 2006, most of the countries where P. Falciparum is endemic have progressively updated treatment policies from the failing chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine to the recommended artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs); this is the best current treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria. Unfortunately, the implementation of these policies has lagged behind due to vario |
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| Item Description: | Executive summary contains : 1. Reccomendations unchanged from the first edition of the Guidelines (2006) and 2. Additional recommendations in the second edition of the Guidelines (2010). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (207 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781282760868 9786612760860 9789240685406 |
