Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine versus chloroquine to treat vivax malaria in Afghanistan: An open randomized, non-inferiority, trial

• Main Authors: Ghulam Rahim Awab, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, Mallika Imwong, Arjen M. Dondorp, Charles J. Woodrow, Sue Jean Lee, Nicholas Pj Day, Pratap Singhasivanon, Nicholas J. White, Faizullah Kaker
• Other Authors: Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology; Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/29241

Background: Afghanistan's national guidelines recommend chloroquine for the treatment of Plasmodium vivax infection, the parasite responsible for the majority of its malaria burden. Chloroquine resistance in P. vivax is emerging in Asia. Therapeutic responses across Afghanistan have not been ev...