Efficacy of combination therapy with artesunate plus amodiaquine compared to monotherapy with chloroquine, amodiaquine or sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum in Afghanistan

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 521-529

  Durrani, Naeem ^a   Leslie, Toby ^a,b   Rahim, Sayed ^a   Graham, Kate ^a,b   Ahmad, Fayaz ^a   Rowland, Mark ^b  

^a Department of Research and Development   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACT; Afghanistan; Amodiaquine; Combination therapy; Malaria

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTESUNATE; CHLOROQUINE; FANSIDAR; FANSIMEF; MEFLOQUINE; PLACEBO;

DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG PRESCRIBING; MALARIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GAMETOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; AGED; AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHLOROQUINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SYNERGISM; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PYRIMETHAMINE; SESQUITERPENES; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFGHANISTAN; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ARTESUNATE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

EID: 20444387955     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01429.x     Document Type: Article

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