Efficacy and day 7 plasma piperaquine concentrations in African children treated for uncomplicated malaria with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Rosenthal, Philip; Zongo, I; Somé, FA; Somda, SAM; Parikh, S; Rouamba, N; Rosenthal, PJ; Tarning, J; Lindegardh, N; Nosten, F; Ouédraogo, JB
- Source
- Rosenthal, Philip; Zongo, I; Somé, FA; Somda, SAM; Parikh, S; Rouamba, N; et al.(2014). Efficacy and day 7 plasma piperaquine concentrations in African children treated for uncomplicated malaria with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine. UC San Francisco: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5d860687
- Subject
- parasitic diseases
- Language
- English
Background: One promising new Artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) is dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DHA-PQ). However, the pharmacokinetics of piperaquine and the relationship between drug levels and clinical efficacy are incompletely characteri