Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine treatment of multidrug resistant falciparum and vivax malaria in pregnancy.

Artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) is recommended for the treatment of multidrug resistant malaria in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy, but the experience with ACTs is limited. We review the exposure of pregnant women to the combination dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine over a 6 year per...

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Main Authors: Jeanne Rini Poespoprodjo, Wendy Fobia, Enny Kenangalem, Daniel A Lampah, Paulus Sugiarto, Emiliana Tjitra, Nicholas M Anstey, Ric N Price
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3894943?pdf=render