Effect of artemether-lumefantrine policy and improved vector control on malaria burden in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

BACKGROUND: Between 1995 and 2000, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa, experienced a marked increase in Plasmodium falciparum malaria, fuelled by pyrethroid and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance. In response, vector control was strengthened and artemether-lumefantrine (AL) was deployed in the...

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Main Authors: Barnes, K, Durrheim, D, Little, F, Jackson, A, Mehta, U, Allen, E, Dlamini, S, Tsoka, J, Bredenkamp, B, Mthembu, D, White, N, Sharp, B
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2005