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

• Main Authors: Awab, Ghulam Rahim, Sasithon Pukrittayakamee, ศศิธร ผู้กฤตยาคามี, Mallika Imwong, มัลลิกา อิ่มวงศ์, Dondorp, Arjen M., Woodrow, Charles J., Lee, Sue Jean, Day, Nicholas P.J., Pratap Singhasivanon, ประตาป สิงหศิวานนท์, White, Nicholas J., Kaker, Faizullah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Afghanistan; Chloroquine; Malaria, Vivax; Open Access article
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/758
• Institution: Mahidol University

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...