Treatment of uncomplicated multidrug-resistant falciparum malaria with artesunate-atovaquone-proguanil.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on December 03, 2002

Authors

Michèle van Vugt1, Elisabetta Leonardi, Lucy Phaipun, Thra Slight, Kyaw Lay Thway, Rose McGready, Alan Brockman, Leopoldo Villegas, Sornchai Looareesuwan, Nicholas J White, François Nosten

Author Affiliations

1: Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mae Sot, Thailand.

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