Safety and efficacy of lumefantrine-artemether (Coartem<sup>®</sup>) for the treatment of uncomplicated <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>malaria in Zambian adults

Safety and efficacy of lumefantrine-artemether (Coartem<sup>®</sup>) for the treatment of uncomplicated <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>malaria in Zambian adults

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In Zambia, unacceptably high resistance to commonly used antimalarial drugs prompted the choice of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) as first line treatment for uncomplicated <it>Plasmodium falciparum </it>malaria. Although th...

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Main Authors: Mulenga Modest, Van geertruyden Jean-Pierre, Mwananyanda Lawrence, Chalwe Victor, Moerman Filip, Chilengi Roma, Van Overmeir Chantal, Dujardin Jean-Claude, D'Alessandro Umberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2006-08-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:http://www.malariajournal.com/content/5/1/73

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