Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine versus chloroquine to treat vivax malaria in Afghanistan: an open randomized, non-inferiority, trial.

BACKGROUND: Afghanistan's national guidelines recommend chloroquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax infection, the parasite responsible for the majority of its malaria burden. Chloroquine resistance in P. vivax is emerging in Asia. Therapeutic responses across Afghanistan have not been ev...

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Main Authors: Awab, G, Pukrittayakamee, S, Imwong, M, Dondorp, A, Woodrow, C, Lee, S, Day, N, Singhasivanon, P, White, N, Kaker, F
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010