Adherence to a six-dose regimen of artemether-lumefantrine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Uganda.

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Published in Am J Trop Med Hyg on November 01, 2004

Authors

Carole Fogg1, Francis Bajunirwe, Patrice Piola, Samuel Biraro, Francesco Checchi, James Kiguli, Proscovia Namiiro, Joy Musabe, Agnes Kyomugisha, Jean-Paul Guthmann

Author Affiliations

1: Epicentre, Paris, France.

Associated clinical trials:

Effectiveness of Oral Quinine and Artemether-Lumefantrine in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Ugandan Children (QALE) | NCT00540202

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