Mass drug administration for the acceleration of malaria elimination in a region of Myanmar with artemisinin-resistant falciparum malaria: a cluster-randomised trial

• Main Authors: Alistair R.D. McLean, Chanida Indrasuta, Zay Soe Khant, Aung Kyaw Phyo, Sai Maung Maung, James Heaton, Hein Aung, Ye Aung, Kyaw Soe, Myo Maung Maung Swe, Lorenz von Seidlein, Ni Ni Tun, Kyaw Myo Tun, Nicholas P.J. Day, Elizabeth A. Ashley, Thaung Hlaing, Thar Tun Kyaw, Arjen M. Dondorp, Mallika Imwong, Nicholas J. White, Frank M. Smithuis
• Other Authors: Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University
• Format: Article
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/77725
• Institution: Mahidol University

Background: To contain multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum, malaria elimination in the Greater Mekong subregion needs to be accelerated while current antimalarials remain effective. We evaluated the safety, effectiveness, and potential resistance selection of dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine mas...