Artemether-lumefantrine treatment failure of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in travellers coming from Angola and Mozambique

Artemether-lumefantrine treatment failure of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in travellers coming from Angola and Mozambique

ABSTRACT: The failure of artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) in malaria patients returning from endemic regions may be driven by parasite resistance to this treatment. ACT is used globally as the first-line treatment for Plasmodium falciparum malaria. However, artemisinin-resistant strains of P. f...

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Main Authors: André Silva-Pinto, João Domingos, Margarida Cardoso, Ana Reis, Ernest Diez Benavente, João Paulo Caldas, Cláudia Conceição, Cristina Toscano, Teresa Baptista-Fernandes, Taane G. Clark, Kamal Mansinho, Susana Campino, Fatima Nogueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Artemether-Lumefantrine
Plasmodium falciparum
Therapeutic failure
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971221005634

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