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Delayed parasite clearance after treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients in central Vietnam.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2014
Thriemer Kamala, Hong Nguyen Van, Rosanas-Urgell Anna, Phuc Bui Quang, Ha Do Manh, Pockele Evi, Guetens Pieter, Van Nguyen Van, Duong Tran Thanh, Amambua-Ngwa Alfred, D'Alessandro Umberto, Erhart Annette
Abstract excerpt
Reduced susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum toward artemisinin derivatives has been reported from the Thai-Cambodian and Thai-Myanmar borders. Following increasing reports from central Vietnam of delayed parasite clearance after treatment with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PPQ), the current first-line treatment, we carried out a study on the efficacy of this treatment. Between September 2012 and...
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