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Artesunate-dapsone-proguanil treatment of falciparum malaria: genotypic determinants of therapeutic response.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 Feb 2005
Krudsood Sivicha, Imwong Mallika, Wilairatana Polrat, Pukrittayakamee Sasithon, Nonprasert Apichart, Snounou Georges, White Nicholas J, Looareesuwan Sornchai
Abstract excerpt
The combination of chlorproguanil and dapsone is being considered as an alternative antimalarial to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Africa, because of its greater efficacy against resistant parasites, and its shorter half-lives, which exert less selective pressure for the emergence of resistance. A triple artesunate-chlorproguanil-dapsone combination is under development. In a previous study of relatively low-dose...
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