Treatment Failure of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Vietnam

We conducted a study in Binh Phuoc, Vietnam, in 2015 on the therapeutic efficacy of dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum malaria. A high number of treatment failures (14/40) was found, and piperaquine resistance in Vietnam was confirmed. A change in the malaria treatment policy f...

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Autores principales: Phuc, Bui Quang, Rasmussen, Charlotte, Duong, Tran Thanh, Dong, Le Than, Loi, Mai Anh, Ménard, Didier, Tarning, Joel, Bustos, Dorina, Ringwald, Pascal, Galappaththy, Gawrie Loku, Thieu, Nguyen Quang
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28322709
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161872
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author Phuc, Bui Quang
Rasmussen, Charlotte
Duong, Tran Thanh
Dong, Le Than
Loi, Mai Anh
Ménard, Didier
Tarning, Joel
Bustos, Dorina
Ringwald, Pascal
Galappaththy, Gawrie Loku
Thieu, Nguyen Quang
author_facet Phuc, Bui Quang
Rasmussen, Charlotte
Duong, Tran Thanh
Dong, Le Than
Loi, Mai Anh
Ménard, Didier
Tarning, Joel
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Ringwald, Pascal
Galappaththy, Gawrie Loku
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description We conducted a study in Binh Phuoc, Vietnam, in 2015 on the therapeutic efficacy of dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum malaria. A high number of treatment failures (14/40) was found, and piperaquine resistance in Vietnam was confirmed. A change in the malaria treatment policy for Vietnam is in process.
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spelling pubmed-53674172017-04-07 Treatment Failure of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Vietnam Phuc, Bui Quang Rasmussen, Charlotte Duong, Tran Thanh Dong, Le Than Loi, Mai Anh Ménard, Didier Tarning, Joel Bustos, Dorina Ringwald, Pascal Galappaththy, Gawrie Loku Thieu, Nguyen Quang Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter We conducted a study in Binh Phuoc, Vietnam, in 2015 on the therapeutic efficacy of dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum malaria. A high number of treatment failures (14/40) was found, and piperaquine resistance in Vietnam was confirmed. A change in the malaria treatment policy for Vietnam is in process. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2017-04 /pmc/articles/PMC5367417/ /pubmed/28322709 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161872 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Letter
Phuc, Bui Quang
Rasmussen, Charlotte
Duong, Tran Thanh
Dong, Le Than
Loi, Mai Anh
Ménard, Didier
Tarning, Joel
Bustos, Dorina
Ringwald, Pascal
Galappaththy, Gawrie Loku
Thieu, Nguyen Quang
Treatment Failure of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Vietnam
title Treatment Failure of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Vietnam
title_full Treatment Failure of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Vietnam
title_fullStr Treatment Failure of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed Treatment Failure of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Vietnam
title_short Treatment Failure of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Vietnam
title_sort treatment failure of dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine for plasmodium falciparum malaria, vietnam
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5367417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28322709
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161872
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