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Guidelines for the Treatment of Malaria.
Malaria is an important cause of death and illness in children and adults in tropical countries. Mortality, currently estimated at over a million people per year, has risen in recent years, probably due to increasing resistance to antimalarial medicines. Malaria control requires an integrated approa...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Geneva :
World Health Organization,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preliminaries; Contents; 1 Introduction; 2 The clinical disease; 3 Treatment objectives; 4 Diagnosis of malaria; 5 Resistance to antimalarial medicines; 6 Antimalarial treatment policy; 7 Treatment of uncomplicated P falciparum malaria; 8 Treatment of severe falciparum malaria; 9 Treatment of malaria caused by P vivax P ovale or P malariae; 10 Mixed malaria infections; 11 Complex emergencies and epidemics; Annex 1. The guidelines development process; Annex 2. Adaptation of Who malaria treatment guidelines for use in countries; Annex 3. Pharmacology of antimalarial drugs.
- Annex 4. Antimalarials and malaria transmissionAnnex 5. Malaria diagnosis; Annex 6. Resistance to antimalarials; Annex 7. Uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria; Annex 8. Malaria treatment and Hiv/Aids; Annex 9. Treatment of severe P. falciparum malaria; Annex 10. Treatment of P. vivax, P. ovale and P. malariae infections; Index.