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Monitoring for Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance to artemisinin and artesunate in Binh Phuoc Province, Vietnam: 1998-2009.
Malaria journal - 24 Jun 2010
Thanh Ngo V, Toan Tran Q, Cowman Alan F, Casey Gerard J, Phuc Bui Q, Tien Nong T, Hung Nguyen M, Biggs Beverley-Ann
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BACKGROUND: Artemisinin derivatives have been used for malaria treatment in Vietnam since 1989. Reported malaria cases have decreased from 1,672,000 with 4,650 deaths in 1991, to 91,635 with 43 deaths in 2006. Current national guidelines recommend artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), alth...
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