Fake artesunate in southeast Asia.

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Published in Lancet on June 16, 2001

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P Newton, S Proux, M Green, F Smithuis, J Rozendaal, S Prakongpan, K Chotivanich, M Mayxay, S Looareesuwan, J Farrar, F Nosten, N J White

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