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Imported and autochthonous malaria in West Saudi Arabia: results from a reference hospital.
Malaria journal - 7 Aug 2018
Soliman Rasha Hassan, Garcia-Aranda Patricia, Elzagawy Sherine Mohamed, Hussein Boshra El-Sayed, Mayah Wael Wahid, Martin Ramirez Alexandra, Ta-Tang Thuy-Huong, Rubio José Miguel
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BACKGROUND: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is seeking malaria eradication. Malaria transmission has been very low over the last few years. Discovered cases of Plasmodium falciparum infection are assigned a treatment protocol of artemisinin-based combination therapy, which consists of artesunate in addition to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine rather than the traditional chloroquine, which has high resistance rates...
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