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UNINA9910450418203321 |
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Titolo |
Guidelines for the treatment of malaria [[electronic resource] /] / World Health Organization |
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Geneva, : World Health Organization, c2006 |
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1-281-74404-2 |
9786611744045 |
1-4237-9009-X |
92-4-068058-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (266 p.) |
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Malaria - Chemotherapy |
Antimalarials |
Malaria - Diagnosis |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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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 |
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Malaria is an important cause of death and illness in children and adults in tropical countries. Mortality, currently estimated at over a |
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million people per year, has risen in recent years, probably due to increasing resistance to antimalarial medicines. Malaria control requires an integrated approach comprising prevention including vector control and treatment with effective antimalarials.The affordable and widely available antimalarial chloroquine which was in the past a mainstay of malaria control is now ineffective in most falciparum malaria endemic areas, and resistance to sulfadoxine-pyr |
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UNINA9910142659903321 |
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Titolo |
29th International Conference on Software Engineering : ICSE 2007 : proceedings : 20-26 May 2007, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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[Place of publication not identified], : IEEE Computer Society, 2007 |
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Software engineering |
Computer programming |
Programming languages (Electronic computers) |
Engineering & Applied Sciences |
Computer Science |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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