High efficacy of two artemisinin-based combinations (artemether- lumefantrine and artesunate plus amodiaquine) for acute uncomplicated malaria in Ibadan, Nigeria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 635-643

  Falade, C O ^a,b   Ogundele, A O ^a   Yusuf, B O ^b   Ademowo, O G ^a,b   Ladipo, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Artesunate plus amodiaquine; Childhood; Co artemether; Malaria; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; ARTESUNATE; ASUMAX; CHLOROQUINE; PARACETAMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CHILD HEALTH; DRUG; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MALARIA; SURVIVAL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; NIGERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL TIME; VOMITING;

AMODIAQUINE; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; IBADAN; NIGERIA; OYO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ARTESUNATE;

EID: 42449148377     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02043.x     Document Type: Article

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