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Efficacy of chloroquine, sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria among children under five in Bongor and Koumra, Chad.
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - 1 May 2006
Grandesso Francesco, Bachy Catherine, Donam Issa, Ntambi John, Habimana Joseph, D'Alessandro Umberto, Maikere Jacob, Vanlerberghe Veerle, Kerah Clément Hinzoumbe, Guthmann Jean-Paul
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We report two 28-day in-vivo antimalarial efficacy studies carried out in the urban centres of Bongor and Koumra, southern Chad. We assess chloroquine (CQ), sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) and amodiaquine (AQ) to treat Plasmodium falciparum uncomplicated malaria. Methods and outcome classification complied with latest WHO guidelines. Out of the 301 and 318 children aged 6-59 months included in Bongor and Koumra,...
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