Open randomized study of artesunate‐amodiaquine <i>vs</i>. chloroquine‐pyrimethamine‐sulfadoxine for the treatment of uncomplicated <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> malaria in Nigerian children

Abstract

The combination of artesunate plus amodiaquine is therapeutically superior to a combination of chloroquine plus pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine, and significantly reduced gametocyte carriage following treatment.