Therapeutic failure after regimen with artemether-lumefantrine combination therapy: a report of three cases in Benin City, Nigeria

Abstract Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is recommended by the World Health Organization for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. Currently, there appears to be a downward trend in the efficacy of ACT in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa because some patients have been positive for Pla...

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Main Authors: Osamudiamen Ebohon, Francis Irabor, Linda Osahon Ebohon, Ehimwenma Sheena Omoregie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2019-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822019000100729&tlng=en