| efficacy and safety of artemehter-lumefantrine in uncomplicated falciparum malaria in liberia. | to assess the in vivo efficacy and adverse effects of artemether-lumefantrine combination in acute uncomplicated falciparum malaria. | 2011 | 21375159 |
| high plasmodium falciparum resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in harper, liberia: results in vivo and analysis of point mutations. | in liberia, little information is available on the efficacy of antimalarials against plasmodium falciparum malaria. we measured parasitological resistance to chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (sp) in harper, south-west liberia in a 28-d study in vivo. a total of 50 patients completed follow-up in the chloroquine group, and 66 in the sp group. the chloroquine failure rate was 74.0% (95% confidence interval [95% ci] 59.7-85.4%) after 14 d of follow-up and 84.0% (95% ci 70.9-92.8%) after 28 ... | 2002 | 12625147 |
| efficacy of amodiaquine for uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria in harper, liberia. | in the face of spreading chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (sp) resistance, amodiaquine remains a cheap and efficacious alternative for treating uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria in many settings. in harper, south-eastern liberia, a previous study we conducted showed very high levels of resistance to both chloroquine and sp. in 2001, in an effort to look for possible alternatives, we measured in the same setting the efficacy of amodiaquine in a 28-d study in vivo, with results ... | 2002 | 12625148 |