A randomised controlled trial to assess the efficacy of dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Peru.

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Published in PLoS One on October 31, 2007

Authors

Tanilu Grande1, Andrea Bernasconi, Annette Erhart, Dioni Gamboa, Martin Casapia, Christopher Delgado, Kathy Torres, Caterina Fanello, Alejandro Llanos-Cuentas, Umberto D'Alessandro

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of Ttropical Medicine-Alexander von Humboldt, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru.

Associated clinical trials:

Efficacy and Safety of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine (Artekin®) for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Peru | NCT00373607

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