"Test and treat" or presumptive treatment for malaria in high transmission situations? A reflection on the latest WHO guidelines
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- 20 May 2011
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Malaria Journal
- Vol. 10 (1), 136
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-10-136
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