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SUBMITTER: Bukirwa H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4448218 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bukirwa Hasifa H Unnikrishnan B B Kramer Christine V CV Sinclair David D Nair Suma S Tharyan Prathap P
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 20140304 3
<h4>Background</h4>The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends that people with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria are treated using Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy (ACT). ACT combines three-days of a short-acting artemisinin derivative with a longer-acting antimalarial which has a different mode of action. Pyronaridine has been reported as an effective antimalarial over two decades of use in parts of Asia, and is currently being evaluated as a partner drug for artesunate.<h4>O ...[more]