In vivo susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to artesunate in Binh Phuoc Province, Vietnam.

• Main Authors: Hien, Tran Tinh, Thuy-Nhien, Nguyen Thanh, Phu, Nguyen Hoan, Boni, Maciej F., Thanh, Ngo Viet, Nha-Ca, Nguyen Thuy, Thai, Le Hong, Thai, Cao Quang, Toi, Pham Van, Thuan, Phung Duc, Long, Le Thanh, Dong, Le Thanh, Merson, Laura, Dolecek, Christiane, Stepniewska, Kasia, Ringwald, Pascal, White, Nicholas J., Farrar, Jeremy, Wolbers, Marcel
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Artesunate; Parasite clearance half-life; Parasite clearance of >72 hours; Parasite reduction ratio; Plasmodium falciparum; Open Access article
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/706
• Institution: Mahidol University

BACKGROUND: By 2009, there were worrying signs from western Cambodia that parasitological responses to artesunate-containing treatment regimens for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria were slower than elsewhere which suggested the emergence of artemisinin resistance. Vietnam shares a long...