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In-vivo efficacy of amodiaquine-artesunate in children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in western Kenya.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH - 1 Mar 2009
Thwing J I, Odero C O, Odhiambo F O, Otieno K O, Kariuki S, Ord R, Roper C, McMorrow M, Vulule J, Slutsker L, Newman R D, Hamel M J, Desai M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficacy of amodiaquine-artesunate in an area with high chloroquine resistance in western Kenya. METHODS: Twenty-eight day in-vivo efficacy trial of amodiaquine-artesunate in 103 children aged 6-59 months in western Kenya with smear-confirmed uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. RESULTS: The 28-day uncorrected adequate clinical and parasitological response (ACPR) was 69.0%, with...
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