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The efficacies of artesunate–sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine and artemether–lumefantrine in the treatment of uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria, in an area of low transmission in central Sudan

A. O. MohamedDepartment of Biochemistry Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of El Imam El Mahdi, P.O. Box 209, Kosti, Sudan
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E. H. EltaibNational Health Insurance P.O. Box 188, Kosti, Sudan
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O. A. AhmedNational Health Insurance P.O. Box 188, Kosti, Sudan
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S. B. ElaminNational Malaria Control Programme P.O. Box 1204, Khartoum, Sudan
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E. M. MalikNational Malaria Control Programme P.O. Box 1204, Khartoum, Sudan
Pages 5-10 | Published online: 18 Jul 2013

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