A randomized comparison of chloroquine versus dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the treatment of plasmodium vivax infection in Vietnam

• Main Authors: Phung Duc Thuan, Nguyen Thuy Nha Ca, Pham Van Toi, Nguyen Thanh Thuy Nhien, Ngo Viet Thanh, Nguyen Duc Anh, Nguyen Hoan Phu, Cao Quang Thai, Le Hong Thai, Nhu Thi Hoa, Le Thanh Dong, Mai Anh Loi, Do Hung Son, Tran Tinh Ngoc Khanh, Christiane Dolecek, Ho Thi Nhan, Marcel Wolbers, Guy Thwaites, Jeremy Farrar, Nicholas J. White, Tran Tinh Hien
• Other Authors: Oxford University Clinical Research Unit
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/40865
• Institution: Mahidol University

© Copyright 2016 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. A total of 128 Vietnamese patients with symptomatic Plasmodium vivax mono-infections were enrolled in a prospective, open-label, randomized trial to receive either chloroquine or dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PPQ). The...