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Efficacy of amodiaquine for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Harper, Liberia.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Jan 2000
Checchi F, Balkan S, Vonhm B T, Massaquoi M, Biberson P, Eldin de Pecoulas P, Brasseur P, Guthmann J P
Abstract excerpt
In the face of spreading chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance, amodiaquine remains a cheap and efficacious alternative for treating uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in many settings. In Harper, south-eastern Liberia, a previous study we conducted showed very high levels of resistance to both chloroquine and SP. In 2001, in an effort to look for possible alternatives, we measured in...
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