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Guidelines for the treatment of malaria.

Title
Guidelines for the treatment of malaria.
Publication
Geneva : World Health Organization, ©2006.

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World Health Organization.
Description
viii, 253 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"The purpose of this document is to provide comprehensible, global, evidence-based guidelines to help formulate policies and protocols for the treatment of malaria. Information is presented on the treatment of uncomplicated malaria, including disease in special groups (young children, pregnant women, people who are HIV positive, travellers from non-malaria endemic regions) and in complex emergency situations and severe malaria."--Publisher's description.
Uniform Title
Guidelines for the treatment of malaria (World Health Organization)
Subject
  • Malaria > Chemotherapy
  • Antimalarials
  • Malaria > Diagnosis
  • Malaria > drug therapy
  • Antimalarials > therapeutic use
  • Antimalarials > standards
  • Malaria > diagnosis
  • Antimalarials
  • Malaria
  • Malária (quimioterapia)
  • Malária (diagnóstico)
  • Antimaláricos (administração e dosagem)
  • Malaria > Therapie
Genre/Form
Guideline
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction -- The clinical disease -- Treatment objectives -- Diagnosis of malaria -- Resistance to antimalarial medicines -- Antimalarial treatment policy -- Treatment of uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria -- Treatment of severe falciparum malaria -- Treatment of malaria caused by P. vivax, P. Ovale or P. malariae -- Mixed malaria infections -- Complex emergencies and epidemics.
ISBN
  • 9789241546942
  • 9241546948
LCCN
  • 2006471482
  • 9789241546942
OCLC
  • ocm69374038
  • 69374038
  • SCSB-1393523
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library