Optimum population-level use of artemisinin combination therapies: a modelling study

• Main Authors: Tran Dang Nguyen, BSc (Author), Piero Olliaro (Author), Prof. Arjen M Dondorp, MD (Author), Prof. J Kevin Baird, PhD (Author), Ha Minh Lam, MSc (Author), Jeremy Farrar, MD (Author), Prof. Guy E Thwaites, MD (Author), Prof. Nicholas J White, MD (Author), Dr. Maciej F Boni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) are used worldwide as first-line treatment against confirmed or suspected Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Despite the success of ACTs at reducing the global burden of malaria, emerging resistance to artemisinin threatens these gains. Countering ons...