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Influence of consecutive-day blood sampling on polymerase chain reaction-adjusted parasitological cure rates in an antimalarial-drug trial conducted in Tanzania.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 15 Feb 2007
Martensson Andreas, Ngasala Billy, Ursing Johan, Isabel Veiga M, Wiklund Lisa, Membi Christopher, Montgomery Scott M, Premji Zul, Farnert Anna, Bjorkman Anders
Abstract excerpt
We assessed the influence that consecutive-day blood sampling, compared with single-day blood sampling, had on polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-adjusted parasitological cure after stepwise genotyping of merozoite surface proteins 2 (msp2) and 1 (msp1) in 106 children in Tanzania who had uncomplicated falciparum malaria treated with either sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine or artemether-lumefantrine; 78 of these children...
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