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Abstract
Artemisinin combination therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria includes artemether plus lumefantrine, artesunate plus amodiaquine, artesunate plus mefloquine, artesunate plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine and dihydroartemisinin plus piperaquine. These drugs are safe and efficacious at present. The emergence of artemisinin resistant parasites in SE Asia means that there is a need to optimise drug dosing and investigate novel therapies to maintain the impressive reduction in malaria mortality which has been seen in the past decade.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24716844 DOI: 10.1586/17512433.2014.907523
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Expert Rev Clin Pharmacol ISSN: 1751-2433 Impact factor: 5.045