A Randomised Controlled Trial to Assess the Efficacy of Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria in Peru

BACKGROUND: Multi-drug resistant falciparum malaria is an important health problem in the Peruvian Amazon region. We carried out a randomised open label clinical trial comparing mefloquine-artesunate, the current first line treatment in this region, with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine. METHODS AND F...

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Autores principales: Grande, Tanilu, Bernasconi, Andrea, Erhart, Annette, Gamboa, Dioni, Casapia, Martin, Delgado, Christopher, Torres, Kathy, Fanello, Caterina, Llanos-Cuentas, Alejandro, D'Alessandro, Umberto
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2040506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17971864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001101

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2040506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17971864
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001101

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