Effectiveness of artesunate-amodiaquine vs. artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Nanoro, Burkina Faso: A non-inferiority randomised trial

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 469-475

  Tinto, Halidou ^a,b,c   Diallo, Salou ^c   Zongo, Issaka ^b   Guiraud, Issa ^b,c   Valea, Innocent ^a,c   Kazienga, Adama ^c   Kpoda, Hervé ^a   Sorgho, Hermann ^b,c   Ouédraogo, Jean Bosco ^a,b   Guiguemdé, Tinga Robert ^a,c,d   D'Alessandro, Umberto ^e  

^a CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^b Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

^c Clinical Research Unit Nanoro IRSS CRUN   (Burkina Faso)

^d Institut Supérieur des Sciences de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

^e INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Artemisinin based combination therapies; Burkina Faso; Effectiveness; Uncomplicated malaria

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ARSUCAM; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AMODIAQUINE; AMODIAQUINE, ARTESUNATE DRUG COMBINATION; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DRUG COMBINATION; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; DRUG; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MALARIA; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; NURSE; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCE;

BURKINA FASO; NANORO;

ARTESUNATE;

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; BURKINA FASO; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOLAMINES; FEMALE; FLUORENES; HUMANS; INFANT; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY;

EID: 84897396575     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12274     Document Type: Article

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