Artemisinin Resistance in <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> Malaria

M. Dondorp, Arjen; Nosten, François; Yi, Poravuth; Das, Debashish; Pyae Phyo, Aung; Tärning, Joel; Maung Lwin, Khin; Ariey, Frédéric; Hanpithakpong, Warunee; J. Lee, Sue; Ringwald, Pascal; Silamut, Kamolrat; Imwong, Mallika; Chotivanich, Kesinee; Lim, Pharath; Herdman, Trent; Sam An, Sen; Yeung, Shunmay; Singhasivanon, Pratap; Day, Nicholas; Lindegårdh, Niklas; Socheat, Duong; J. White, Nicholas

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0808859

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Artemisinin Resistance in Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

Published in New England Journal of Medicine • Jul 29, 2009

Authors:

Arjen M. Dondorp

François Nosten

Poravuth Yi

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Artemisinin-based combination therapies are the recommended first-line treatments of falciparum malaria in all countries with endemic disease. There are recent concerns that the efficacy of such therapies has declined on the Thai-Cambodian border, historically a site of emerging antimala...

Subject

Artesunate

Mefloquine

Artemisinin

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