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West Africa International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research: Drug Resistance Patterns to Artemether-Lumefantrine in Senegal, Mali, and The Gambia.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 2 Nov 2016
Dieye Baba, Affara Muna, Sangare Lassana, Joof Fatou, Ndiaye Yaye D, Gomis Jules F, Ndiaye Mouhamadou, Mbaye Aminata, Diakite Mouhamadou, Sy Ngayo, Mbengue Babacar, Deme Awa B, Daniels Rachel, Ahouidi Ambroise D, Dieye Tandakha, Abdullahi Ahmad, Doumbia Seydou, Ndiaye Jean L, Diarra Ayouba, Ismaela Abubakar, Coulibaly Mamadou, Welty Clint, Ngwa Alfred Amambua, Shaffer Jeffrey, D'Alessandro Umberto, Volkman Sarah K, Wirth Dyann F, Krogstad Donald J, Koita Ousmane, Nwakanma Davis, Ndiaye Daouda
Abstract excerpt
In 2006, artemether-lumefantrine (AL) became the first-line treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Senegal, Mali, and the Gambia. To monitor its efficacy, between August 2011 and November 2014, children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria were treated with AL and followed up for 42 days. A total of 463 subjects were enrolled in three sites (246 in Senegal, 97 in Mali, and 120 in Gambia). No early...
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