Therapeutic efficacy of artesunate-amodiaquine and artemether-lumefantrine combinations in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in two ecological zones in Ghana

Malaria Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Abuaku, Benjamin ^a   Duah, Nancy ^a   Quaye, Lydia ^a   Quashie, Neils ^a,b   Malm, Keziah ^c   Bart Plange, Constance ^c   Koram, Kwadwo ^a  

^a University of Ghana   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Artemether lumefantrine; Artesunate amodiaquine; Ecological zones; Ghana; Therapeutic efficacy; Uncomplicated malaria

Indexed keywords

AMODIAQUINE PLUS ARTESUNATE; ARTEMETHER PLUS BENFLUMETOL; HEMOGLOBIN; AMODIAQUINE; AMODIAQUINE, ARTESUNATE DRUG COMBINATION; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; ARTESUNATE; DRUG COMBINATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DRUG COMBINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ECOLOGY; MALARIA; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

AMODIAQUINE; ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84959520464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12936-015-1080-x     Document Type: Article

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