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Efficacy of chloroquine, amodiaquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria: revisiting molecular markers in an area of emerging AQ and SP resistance in Mali.
Malaria journal - 26 Feb 2009
Tekete Mamadou, Djimde Abdoulaye A, Beavogui Abdoul H, Maiga Hamma, Sagara Issaka, Fofana Bakary, Ouologuem Dinkorma, Dama Souleymane, Kone Aminatou, Dembele Demba, Wele Mamadou, Dicko Alassane, Doumbo Ogobara K
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BACKGROUND: To update the National Malaria Control Programme of Mali on the efficacy of chloroquine, amodiaquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria. METHODS: During the malaria transmission seasons of 2002 and 2003, 455 children--between six and 59 months of age, with uncomplicated malaria in Kolle, Mali, were randomly assigned to one of three treatment arms. In...
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