Deployment of early diagnosis and mefloquine-artesunate treatment of falciparum malaria in Thailand: the Tak Malaria Initiative.

<h4>Background</h4>Early diagnosis and treatment with artesunate-mefloquine combination therapy (MAS) have reduced the transmission of falciparum malaria dramatically and halted the progression of mefloquine resistance in camps for displaced persons along the Thai-Burmese border, an area...

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Main Authors: Verena Ilona Carrara, Supakit Sirilak, Janjira Thonglairuam, Chaiporn Rojanawatsirivet, Stephane Proux, Valery Gilbos, Al Brockman, Elizabeth A Ashley, Rose McGready, Srivicha Krudsood, Somjai Leemingsawat, Sornchai Looareesuwan, Pratap Singhasivanon, Nicholas White, François Nosten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2006-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030183