Overview of artemisinin effectiveness during outset years of its implementation in the western Brazilian Amazon

Overview of artemisinin effectiveness during outset years of its implementation in the western Brazilian Amazon

BACKGROUND The elimination of malaria depends on the blocking of transmission and of an effective treatment. In Brazil, artemisinin therapy was introduced in 1991, and here we present a performance overview during implementation outset years. METHODS It is a retrospective cohort (1991 to 2002) of...

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Main Authors: Raquel de Medeiros Pinto, Vanderson de Souza Sampaio, Gisely Cardoso de Melo, Maria das Graças Costa Alecrim, Karine Mattos, Renata Trentin Perdomo, Sabrine da Costa Cordeiro, Ana Flávia Alves Parente, Lídia Raquel de Carvalho, Rinaldo Pôncio Mendes, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães Lacerda, Wuelton Marcelo Monteiro, Simone Schneider Weber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2019-04-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Subjects:
Plasmodium falciparum
artemisinin
parasite clearance
drug resistance
treatment effectiveness
cohort study
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