Effectiveness of artemether-lumefantrine provided by community health workers in under-five children with uncomplicated malaria in rural Tanzania: an open label prospective study
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* Corresponding author: Billy E Ngasala bngasala70@yahoo.co.uk
Malaria Journal 2011, 10:64 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-10-64
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