Artemisinin resistance containment project in Thailand. II: Responses to mefloquine-artesunate combination therapy among falciparum malaria patients in provinces bordering Cambodia

Malaria Journal

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Satimai, Wichai ^a   Sudathip, Prayuth ^a   Vijaykadga, Saowanit ^a   Khamsiriwatchara, Amnat ^b   Sawang, Surasak ^b   Potithavoranan, Thanapon ^b   Sangvichean, Aumnuyphan ^b   Delacollette, Charles ^c   Singhasivanon, Pratap ^c   Kaewkungwal, Jaranit ^b,c   Lawpoolsri, Saranath ^b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Artemisinin resistance; Malaria containment; Malaria surveillance; Thai Cambodian border

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISININ; ARTESUNATE; ARTESUNATE PLUS MEFLOQUINE; ATOVAQUONE PLUS PROGUANIL; MEFLOQUINE; PRIMAQUINE; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANTIMALARIAL DRUG RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAMBODIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITE CLEARANCE; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CAMBODIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; THAILAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865312133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-300     Document Type: Article

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