Efficacy of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine with or without artesunate for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in southern Mozambique: a randomized controlled trial.

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Published in Malar J on June 26, 2009

Authors

Elizabeth N Allen1, Francesca Little, Tunisio Camba, Yasmin Cassam, Jaishree Raman, Andrew Boulle, Karen I Barnes

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, South Africa. elizabeth.allen@uct.ac.za

Associated clinical trials:

A Randomised Efficacy Study of Combination Antimalarials to Treat Uncomplicated Malaria | NCT00203736

A Randomised Efficacy Study of Combination Antimalarials to Treat Uncomplicated Malaria | NCT00203814

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