Fake antimalarials in Southeast Asia are a major impediment to malaria control: Multinational cross-sectional survey on the prevalence of fake antimalarials

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1241-1246

  Dondorp, A M ^a,b,l   Newton, P N ^b,c,l   Mayxay, M ^c   Van Damme, W ^d   Smithuis, F M ^d,e   Yeung, S ^a,b   Petit, A ^d,e   Lynam, A J ^c,f   Johnson, A ^f,g   Hien, T T ^h,i   McGready, R ^a,g,i   Farrar, J J ^b,j,l,m   Looareesuwan, S ^a   Day, N P J ^a,b   Green, M D ^k   White, N J ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MAHOSOT HOSPITAL   (Laos)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^e MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^f WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Thailand)

^g Wildlife Conservation Society Lao PDR Program   (Laos)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ SHOKLO MALARIA RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^j OXFORD UNIVERSITY CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT   (Viet Nam)

^k CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^m Centre for Tropical Diseases Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

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Author keywords

Counterfeit drugs; Fake antimalarials; Malaria; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; MEFLOQUINE;

CORRUPTION; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG PRESCRIBING; MALARIA;

CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG MARKETING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALARIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TABLET;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

ARTESUNATE;

EID: 19944377485     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01342.x     Document Type: Review

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