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Table 1 Anti-malarial drugs taken and the doses and duration with which they were used in Manyatta B.

From: Knowledge and behaviour as determinants of anti-malarial drug use in a peri-urban population from malaria holoendemic region of western Kenya

Drugs taken

Duration of use

Dosage of use

 

Correct

Incorrect

Correct

Incorrect

ACT

42 (33.0%)

85 (67.0%)

37 (29.4%)

90 (70.6%)

SP

120(82.0%)

27 (18.0%)

125 (85.0%)

22 (15.0%)

Quinine

27 (96.4%)

1 (3.6%)

*

*

Chloroquine

10 (34.5%)

19 (65.5%)

15 (51.7%)

14 (48.3%)

Amodiaquine

*

*

*

*

  1. ACT-Artemether combined therapy, SP-Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine. Asterisks (*) represent no response or "I don't know". More users of quinine and SP could identify the correct duration of use.
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Malaria Journal

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