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Findings in Falciparum Malaria Reported from Kenya Government Medical Research Center

Published in Malaria Weekly, April 16th, 2012

2012 APR 16 -- "Artemisinin-based combination therapy, including artemether-lumefantrine (AL), is currently recommended for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. The objectives of the current analysis were to compare the efficacy and safety of AL across different body weight ranges in African children, and to examine the age and body weight relationship in this population," researchers in Kisumu, Kenya report.

"Efficacy, safety and pharmacokinetic data from a randomized, investigator-blinded, multicentre trial of AL for treatment of acute uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria in infants and children in Africa were analysed according to...

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