An artesunate-containing antimalarial treatment regimen did not suppress cytomegalovirus viremia.

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Published in J Clin Virol on July 01, 2013

Authors

Soren Gantt1, Meei-Li Huang, Amalia Magaret, Lisa Bunts, Stacy Selke, Anna Wald, Philip J Rosenthal, Grant Dorsey, Corey Casper

Author Affiliations

1: Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA. sgantt@cw.bc.ca

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