Malaria Journal

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Antimalarial drug use in general populations of tropical Africa

Florence Gardella1,2, Serge Assi3, Fabrice Simon4, Hervé Bogreau1,2, Teunis Eggelte5, Fatou Ba6, Vincent Foumane7, Marie-Claire Henry8, Pélagie T Kientega8, Léonardo Basco7, Jean-François Trape2,6, Richard Lalou9, Maryse Martelloni10, Marc Desbordes10, Meïli Baragatti1,2, Sébastien Briolant1,2, Lionel Almeras1,2, Bruno Pradines1,2, Thierry Fusai1,2 and Christophe Rogier1,2*

Author Affiliations

1 Unité de Recherche en Biologie et Epidémiologie Parasitaires (URBEP), IMTSSA, Parc du Pharo – B.P. 46, 13998, Marseille-Armées, France

2 Unité de recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes (URMITE) – UMR 6236, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Bv Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille, Cedex 05, France

3 Institut Pierre Richet/Institut National de Santé Publique, BP V 47, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire

4 Hôpital Laveran, BP 50, 13998, Marseille-Armées, France

5 Dept. Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Tropical Medicine, Dep Clinical Pharmacology Meibergdreeef 15, 1105 AX, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

6 UR 077 Paludologie Afrotropicale, BP1386, IRD, Dakar, Sénégal

7 UR 077 Paludologie Afro-Tropicale, OCEAC, BP 288, Yaoundé, Cameroun

8 Centre Muraz, BP 360, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina-Faso

9 LPED, Université de provence, case 10, 3, place Victor-Hugo, 13331, Marseille, cedex 3, France

10 Unité de Recherche en Pharmacologie et Physiopathologie Parasitaires, IMTSSA, Parc du Pharo – B.P. 46, 13998, Marseille-Armées, France

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Malaria Journal 2008, 7:124 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-124

Published: 8 July 2008

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Individuals and households' characteristics by site.

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Sites characteristics.

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Children's characteristics.

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Chloroquine prevalence in urines of children between two and nine years of age according to site's characteristics.

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Predicted and observed prevalence by site of the presence of chloroquine in children's urines.

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