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Drugs for preventing malaria in travellers

  1. Frederique A Jacquerioz1,*,
  2. Ashley M Croft2

Editorial Group: Cochrane Infectious Diseases Group

Published Online: 20 JAN 2010

Assessed as up-to-date: 6 AUG 2009

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006491.pub2

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Jacquerioz FA, Croft AM. Drugs for preventing malaria in travellers. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2009, Issue 4. Art. No.: CD006491. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006491.pub2.

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  1. 1

    Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Center for Evidence-Based Global Health, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

  2. 2

    Surgeon General's Department, London, UK

*Frederique A Jacquerioz, Center for Evidence-Based Global Health, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, TDW, Ste 1820, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70115, USA. fjacque@tulane.edu.

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