Adherence to and acceptability of artemether-lumefantrine as first-line anti-malarial treatment: evidence from a rural community in Tanzania
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- 11 February 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 9 (1) , 48
Abstract
Controlled clinical trials have shown that a six-dose regimen of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) therapy for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria results in cure rates >95% with good tolerability.Keywords
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