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BACKGROUND
Artesunate-amodiaquine (AS+AQ) and artemether-lumefantrine (AM-L) are efficacious artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) regimens that have been widely adopted in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is little information on the efficacy of these regimens on subsequent episodes beyond 28
BACKGROUND
In recent years, few cases of post-artemisinin delayed hemolysis have been reported.
OBJECTIVE
All cases of post-artemisinin delayed hemolysis were reported from non-middle east areas. No case of post-artemisinin delayed hemolysis has yet been reported from this region. In this paper, we
BACKGROUND
The efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) has been established. The objective of the present study was to compare the efficacy and safety in the Central African Republic (CAR) of three commercially available artemisinin-based combinations, artemether + lumefantrine (AL),
Two previously healthy young women presented with a lethal hepatitis a few days after the onset of an artesunate-amodiaquine combination at the recommended doses for a bout of fever. Nothing proved the fever was due to malaria, the toxic cause of hepatitis, or to the drugs used. Imputability was
BACKGROUND
Safety surveillance of widely used artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is essential, but tolerability data in the over five years age group are largely anecdotal.
METHODS
Two open-label, randomized trials were conducted in Nimba County, Liberia: i) the main tolerability trial with
The in-vivo efficacies of the artesunate malartin, alone and in combination with amodiaquine, have been assessed against uncomplicated cases of Plasmodium falciparum malaria attending two treatment centres in Cameroon (the WHO/University of Buea malaria health post in Bolifamba and the University of
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