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UNINA990000039620403321 |
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COSPAR PLENARY MEETING, 23., Budapest, 1980 |
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First FGGE results from satellites : proceedings of symposium 4. of the COSPAR twenty-third plenary meeting held inBudapest, 2-14 June 1980 : symposium on system and early results of the global observing system for FGGE / edited by T. Tanczer , G. Gotz and G. Major |
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Oxford : Pergamon Press, 1981 |
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VII, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
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Advances in space research ; Vol. 1. n. 4. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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UNINA9911091370403321 |
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Guidelines for the treatment of malaria / / 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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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (266 p.) |
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Malaria - Chemotherapy |
Antimalarials |
Malaria - Diagnosis |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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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 million people per year, has risen in recent years, probably due to increasing resistance to antimalarial medicines. Malaria control requires |
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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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