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Treatment Failure of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine for <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> Malaria, Vietnam

Bui Quang Phuc, Charlotte Rasmussen, Tran Thanh Duong, Le Than Dong, Mai Anh Loi, Didier Ménard, Joel Tärning, Dorina Bustos, Pascal Ringwald, Gawrie Loku Galappaththy,

Emerging infectious diseases · 2017 · 109 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

We conducted a study in Binh Phuoc, Vietnam, in 2015 on the therapeutic efficacy of dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum malaria. A high number of treatment failures (14/40) was found, and piperaquine resistance in Vietnam was confirmed. A change in the malaria treatment policy for Vietnam is in process.

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