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A comparative study on the efficacy of artesunate plus sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine versus artemether-lumefantrine in eastern Sudan.
Malaria journal - 15 Jul 2007
Mukhtar Ebtihal A, Gadalla Nahla B, El-Zaki Salah-Eldin G, Mukhtar Izdihar, Mansour Fathi A, Babiker Ahmed, El-Sayed Badria B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A combination of artesunate (AS) plus sulphadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP) as first-line and artemether-lumefantrine (AL) as second-line treatment are currently recommended against uncomplicated P. falciparum infection in Sudan. However, there is limited information on the efficacy of ACTs in the country and only one report of PCR-corrected results for AS/SP only. METHODS: The WHO protocol for the...
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