Changes in the treatment responses to artesunate-mefloquine on the northwestern border of Thailand during 13 years of continuous deployment.
Artemisinin combination treatments (ACT) are recommended as first line treatment for falciparum malaria throughout the malaria affected world. We reviewed the efficacy of a 3-day regimen of mefloquine and artesunate regimen (MAS(3)), over a 13 year period of continuous deployment as first-line treat...
Main Authors: | Verena Ilona Carrara, Julien Zwang, Elizabeth A Ashley, Ric N Price, Kasia Stepniewska, Marion Barends, Alan Brockman, Tim Anderson, Rose McGready, Lucy Phaiphun, Stephane Proux, Michele van Vugt, Robert Hutagalung, Khin Maung Lwin, Aung Pyae Phyo, Piyanuch Preechapornkul, Mallika Imwong, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Pratap Singhasivanon, Nicholas J White, François Nosten |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2641001?pdf=render |
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