Defining Plasmodium falciparum treatment in South West Asia: a randomized trial comparing artesunate or primaquine combined with chloroquine or SP.

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Published in PLoS One on January 31, 2012

Authors

Kate Kolaczinski1, Toby Leslie, Iftikhar Ali, Naeem Durrani, Sue Lee, Marion Barends, Khalid Beshir, Rosalynn Ord, Rachel Hallett, Mark Rowland

Author Affiliations

1: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. k.kolaczinski@gmail.com

Associated clinical trials:

Trial of Artesunate Combination Therapy in Pakistan | NCT00959517

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