title: Therapy of uncomplicated malaria in children: a review of treatment principles, essential drugs and current recommendations.
abstract: Understanding the optimal treatment of uncomplicated malaria in children is challenging because of the availability of new drugs and the shift to combination therapies. This is a review of the guiding principles for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria, the essential anti-malarial drugs for children, and the treatment regimens currently recommended.
authors.affiliation: Joint Malaria Programme, Tanga, Tanzania. jdeen@ivi.int
authors.forename: Jacqueline L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Deen
authors.forename: Lorenz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: von Seidlein
authors.forename: Arjen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dondorp
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D037621:Artemisinins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008288:Malaria / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D037621:Artemisinins