Comparison of artemether-lumefantrine with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in eastern Nepal

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-430

  Thapa, Suman ^b   Hollander, Judith ^c   Linehan, Mary ^c   Cox Singh, Janet ^d   Bista, Mahendra B ^e   Thakur, Garib D ^f   Davis, Wendy A ^a   Davis, Timothy M E ^a  

^a FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Sukraraj Tropical and Infectious Disease Hospital Kathmandu   (Nepal)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

^e Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^f Epidemiology and Disease Control Division   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; DIHYDROPTEROATE SYNTHASE; FANSIDAR; PYRALFIN; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMETHER LUMEFANTRINE COMBINATION; ARTEMETHER-LUMEFANTRINE COMBINATION; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GAMETOCYTE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE MUTATION; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NAUSEA; NEPAL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALARIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; NEPAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PYRIMETHAMINE; SULFADOXINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748966149     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.423     Document Type: Article

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