Efficacy of quinine, artemether-lumefantrine and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine as rescue treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Ugandan children.

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Published in PLoS One on January 22, 2013

Authors

Adoke Yeka1, James Tibenderana, Jane Achan, Umberto D'Alessandro, Ambrose O Talisuna

Author Affiliations

1: Uganda Malaria Surveillance Project, Kampala, Uganda. yadoke@yahoo.com

Associated clinical trials:

Evaluation of 4 Artemisinin-based Combinations for Treating Uncomplicated Malaria in African Children | NCT00393679

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