Severe Malaria Not Responsive to Artemisinin Derivatives in Man Returning from Angola to Vietnam

Resistance to artemisinin derivatives, the most potent antimalarial drugs currently used, has emerged in Southeast Asia and threatens to spread to Africa. We report a case of malaria in a man who returned to Vietnam after 3 years in Angola that did not respond to intravenous artesunate and clindamyc...

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Main Authors: Nguyen Van Hong, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Nguyen Quang Tuan, Do Duy Cuong, Nguyen Thi Huong Giang, Nguyen Van Dung, Ta Thi Tinh, Nguyen Van Tien, Bui Quang Phuc, Tran Thanh Duong, Anna Rosanas-Urgell, Umberto D’Alessandro, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Annette Erhart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/7/14-0155_article