Authors: Dama, Souleymane, Niangaly, Hamidou, Ouattara, Amed, Sagara, Issaka, Sissoko, Sekou, Traoré, Oumar, Bamadio, Amadou, Dara, Niawanlou, Djimde, Moussa, Alhousseini, Mohamed, Goïta, Siaka, Maiga, Hamma, Antoine, Doumbo, Ogobara, Abdoulaye, Traore, Oumar Bila, Mohamed Lamine
Venue: Malaria Journal
Type: Publication
Abstract: International audience; Background: Artemisinin-based combination therapy is the recommended first-line treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria worldwide. However, recent studies conducted in Mali showed an increased frequency of recurrent parasitaemia following artemether-lumefantrine (AL) treatment. Methods: Study samples were collected during a large WANECAM study. Ex-vivo Plasmodium falciparum sensitivity to artemether and lumefantrine was assessed using the tritiated hypoxanthine-based assay. The prevalence of molecular markers of a...
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Internal medicine
Pharmacology
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