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Combination of drug level measurement and parasite genotyping data for improved assessment of amodiaquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine efficacies in treating Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Gabonese children.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jan 2003
Aubouy Agnès, Bakary Mohamed, Keundjian Annick, Mbomat Bernard, Makita Jean Ruffin, Migot-Nabias Florence, Cot Michel, Le Bras Jacques, Deloron Philippe
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Many African countries currently use a sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine combination (SP) or amodiaquine (AQ) to treat uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Both drugs represent the last inexpensive alternatives to chloroquine. However, resistant P. falciparum populations are largely reported in A...
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