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Assessing antimalarial efficacy in a time of change to artemisinin-based combination therapies: the role of Medecins Sans Frontieres

Authors :
Guthmann, Jean-Paul
Checchi, Francesco
van den Broek, Ingrid
Balkan, Suna
van Herp, Michel
Comte, Eric
Bernal, Oscar
Kindermans, Jean-Marie
Venis, Sarah
Legros, Dominique
Guerin, Philippe J.
Source :
PLoS Medicine. August, 2008, Vol. 5 Issue 8, p1191, 9 p.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

During the 1990s, high levels of Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) resistance to common antimalarials were reported from malaria-endemic countries, raising questions about the efficacy of chloroquine (CQ), then the mainstay of [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15491277
Volume :
5
Issue :
8
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
PLoS Medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.202254655