Residual Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in Kenyan children after artemisinin-combination therapy is associated with increased transmission to mosquitoes and parasite recurrence.

Beshir, Khalid B

Residual Plasmodium falciparum parasitemia in Kenyan children after artemisinin-combination therapy is associated with increased transmission to mosquitoes and parasite recurrence. [electronic resource] - The Journal of infectious diseases Dec 2013 - 2017-24 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1537-6613

10.1093/infdis/jit431 doi


Animals
Antimalarials--therapeutic use
Artemether, Lumefantrine Drug Combination
Artemisinins--therapeutic use
Chi-Square Distribution
Child
Child, Preschool
DNA, Protozoan--blood
Drug Combinations
Drug Resistance
Ethanolamines--therapeutic use
Fluorenes--therapeutic use
Humans
Infant
Kenya--epidemiology
Malaria, Falciparum--drug therapy
Parasitemia--parasitology
Plasmodium falciparum--genetics
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Quinolines--therapeutic use
Recurrence