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SUBMITTER: Borrmann S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3213089 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Borrmann Steffen S Sasi Philip P Mwai Leah L Bashraheil Mahfudh M Abdallah Ahmed A Muriithi Steven S Frühauf Henrike H Schaub Barbara B Pfeil Johannes J Peshu Judy J Hanpithakpong Warunee W Rippert Anja A Juma Elizabeth E Tsofa Benjamin B Mosobo Moses M Lowe Brett B Osier Faith F Fegan Greg G Lindegårdh Niklas N Nzila Alexis A Peshu Norbert N Mackinnon Margaret M Marsh Kevin K
PloS one 20111110 11
<h4>Background</h4>The emergence of artemisinin-resistant P. falciparum malaria in South-East Asia highlights the need for continued global surveillance of the efficacy of artemisinin-based combination therapies.<h4>Methods</h4>On the Kenyan coast we studied the treatment responses in 474 children 6-59 months old with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in a randomized controlled trial of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs. artemether-lumefantrine from 2005 to 2008. (ISRCTN88705995).<h4>Results</ ...[more]