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Monitoring for Plasmodium falciparum drug resistance to artemisinin and artesunate in Binh Phuoc Province, Vietnam: 1998-2009

BACKGROUND: Artemisinin derivatives have been used for malaria treatment in Vietnam since 1989. Reported malaria cases have decreased from 1,672,000 with 4,650 deaths in 1991, to 91,635 with 43 deaths in 2006. Current national guidelines recommend artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), althoug...

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Autores principales: Thanh, Ngo V, Toan, Tran Q, Cowman, Alan F, Casey, Gerard J, Phuc, Bui Q, Tien, Nong T, Hung, Nguyen M, Biggs, Beverley-Ann
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2904787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20573274
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-181