Randomized Comparison of Amodiaquine plus Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine, Artemether-Lumefantrine, and Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Burkina Faso

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1 December 2007

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Vol. 45 (11) , 1453-1461
DOI:10.1086/522985
PMID:17990228

Abstract

Background. Combination antimalarial therapy is advocated to improve treatment efficacy and limit selection of drug-resistant parasites. We compared

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