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Comparative efficacies of artemisinin combination therapies in Plasmodium falciparum malaria and polymorphism of pfATPase6, pfcrt, pfdhfr, and pfdhps genes in tea gardens of Jalpaiguri District, India.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 May 2012
Saha Pabitra, Guha Subhasish K, Das Sonali, Mullick Shrabanee, Ganguly Swagata, Biswas Asit, Bera Dilip K, Chattopadhyay Gaurangadeb, Das Madhusudan, Kundu Pratip K, Ray Krishnangshu, Maji Ardhendu K
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In India, chloroquine has been replaced by a combination of artesunate and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (AS-SP) for uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria. Other available combinations, artemether-lumefantrine (AM-LF) and artesunate-mefloquine (AS-MQ), not included in the national program, are widely used by private practitioners. Little is known about the therapeutic efficacy of these artemisinin combinations and the...
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