Artemisinin versus nonartemisinin combination therapy for uncomplicated malaria: randomized clinical trials from four sites in Uganda.

Artemisinin versus nonartemisinin combination therapy for uncomplicated malaria: randomized clinical trials from four sites in Uganda.

BACKGROUND: Drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum poses a major threat to malaria control. Combination antimalarial therapy including artemisinins has been advocated recently to improve efficacy and limit the spread of resistance, but artemisinins are expensive and relatively untested in highly e...

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Main Authors: Adoke Yeka, Kristin Banek, Nathan Bakyaita, Sarah G Staedke, Moses R Kamya, Ambrose Talisuna, Fred Kironde, Samuel L Nsobya, Albert Kilian, Madeline Slater, Arthur Reingold, Philip J Rosenthal, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Grant Dorsey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-07-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1181876?pdf=render

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