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Open Access | Malaria in infants below six months of age: retrospective surveillance of hospital admission records in Blantyre, Malawi

Submitted by Inga on January 7, 2010 - 13:08
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Beatriz Larru, Elizabeth Molyneux, Feiko O ter Kuile, Terrie Taylor, Malcolm Molyneux, Dianne J Terlouw
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Malaria Journal 2009, 8:310 (29 December 2009)
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B.Larru@liverpool.ac.uk

The World Health Organization provides treatment guidelines for children from six months onwards, without specific treatment guidelines for the younger infants. A number of recent reports however suggest that the burden in this young age group may be underestimated.

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