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Changing Antimalarial Drug Sensitivities in Uganda.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Dec 2017
Rasmussen Stephanie A, Ceja Frida G, Conrad Melissa D, Tumwebaze Patrick K, Byaruhanga Oswald, Katairo Thomas, Nsobya Samuel L, Rosenthal Philip J, Cooper Roland A
Abstract excerpt
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) has demonstrated excellent efficacy for the treatment and prevention of malaria in Uganda. However, resistance to both components of this regimen has emerged in Southeast Asia. The efficacy of artemether-lumefantrine, the first-line regimen to treat malaria in Uganda, has also been excellent, but continued pressure may select for parasites with decreased sensitivity to...
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