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Original Articles

Apparent drug failure following artesunate treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Freetown, Sierra Leone: four case reports

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Pages 445-449 | Received 15 Mar 2001, Accepted 18 May 2001, Published online: 15 Nov 2016

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