A randomized, double-blind study on the efficacy and safety of practical three-day regimen with artesunate and mefloquine for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 655-659

  Massougbodji, A ^a   Kone, M ^b   Kinde Gazard, D ^a   Same Ekobo, A ^c   Cambon, Natalie ^d   Mueller, E A ^d  

^a Centre National Hospitalier et Universitaire   (Benin)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE CÔTE D'IVOIRE   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c Faculty of Medicine Biomedical Sci   (Cameroon)

^d Mepha Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Artesunate; Chemotherapy; Efficacy; Malaria; Mefloquine; Plasmodium falciparum; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ARTESUNATE; LACTAB; MEFLOQUINE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMA CLEARANCE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0344687403     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0035-9203(02)90344-5     Document Type: Article

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