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Certain combination therapy found more effective for treating malaria in African children
05-22-2007 · EurekAlert!Ugandan children who received the combination therapy of artemether-lumefantrine experienced a lower rate of treatment failure compared to other combination therapies, according to a study in the May 23/30 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on malaria.
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