Correction: Health Seeking Behaviour and Treatment Intentions of Dengue and Fever: A Household Survey of Children and Adults in Venezuela
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Table S3. Socio-demographic and socioeconomic characteristics related to the intended first action of the HSB pathway in the case of fever and dengue; home treatment vs. visiting a doctor. Fever Dengue Home treatment n=88 Visit a doctor n=12 Home treatment n=31 Visit a doctor n=63 Age a n (%) n (%) n (%) n
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Correction: Health Seeking Behaviour and Treatment Intentions of Dengue and Fever: A Household Survey of Children and Adults in Venezuela.
[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004237.].
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