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Treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in southern Vietnam: can chloroquine or sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine be reintroduced in combination with artesunate?
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 1 Dec 2003
Nguyen Mai Huong, Davis Timothy M E, Cox-Singh Janet, Hewitt Sean, Tran Quoc Toan, Tran Bach Kim, Nguyen Thi Hanh, Vo Nhu Phuong, Doan Hanh Nhan, Le Dinh Cong
Abstract excerpt
The effectiveness of chloroquine or sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine administered with artesunate for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria was assessed in 2 Vietnamese provinces where the sensitivity of parasites in vitro to conventional therapies had increased with the removal of drug pressure. In the province of Dac Lac, where potential malaria exposure begins at birth, 57 subjects (mean age, 9.6 years) were...
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