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Maitland, K. (2006). How Do We Treat Children with Severe Malaria?. In: Pollard, A.J., Finn, A. (eds) Hot Topics in Infection and Immunity in Children III. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 582. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-33026-7_2
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