Abandoning Presumptive Antimalarial Treatment for Febrile Children Aged Less Than Five Years—A Case of Running Before We Can Walk?

Mike English; Hugh Reyburn; Catherine Goodman; Robert W Snow

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000015

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Abandoning Presumptive Antimalarial Treatment for Febrile Children Aged Less Than Five Years—A Case of Running Before We Can Walk?

Mike English ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: menglish@nairobi.kemri-wellcome.org
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Hugh Reyburn,
Catherine Goodman,
Robert W Snow

Abandoning Presumptive Antimalarial Treatment for Febrile Children Aged Less Than Five Years—A Case of Running Before We Can Walk?

Mike English,
Hugh Reyburn,
Catherine Goodman,
Robert W Snow

Published: January 6, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000015

About the Authors

Mike English: *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: menglish@nairobi.kemri-wellcome.org
Hugh Reyburn
Catherine Goodman
Robert W Snow

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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