Monitoring antimalarial drug resistance in India via sentinel sites: outcomes and risk factors for treatment failure, 2009-2010

• Main Authors: Neelima Mishra (Author), Jai Prakash Narayan Singh (Author), Bina Srivastava (Author), Usha Arora (Author), Naman K Shah (Author), SK Ghosh (Author), RM Bhatt (Author), SK Sharma (Author), MK Das (Author), Ashwani Kumar (Author), Anupkumar R Anvikar (Author), Kamlesh Kaitholia (Author), Ruchi Gupta (Author), GS Sonal (Author), AC Dhariwal (Author), Neena Valecha (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2012-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To describe India's National Antimalarial Drug Resistance Monitoring System, measure the efficacy of first-line malaria treatments, and determine risk factors for treatment failure. METHODS: In 2009-2010, prospective studies with 28 days of follow-up were conducted at 25 sentinel sit...