Overview of artemisinin effectiveness during outset years of its implementation in the western Brazilian Amazon

BACKGROUND The elimination of malaria depends on the blocking of transmission and of an effective treatment. In Brazil, artemisinin therapy was introduced in 1991, and here we present a performance overview during implementation outset years. METHODS It is a retrospective cohort (1991 to 2002) of...

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Main Authors: Pinto, Raquel de Medeiros, Sampaio, Vanderson de Souza, Melo, Gisely Cardoso de, Alecrim, Maria das Graças Costa, Mattos, Karine, Perdomo, Renata Trentin, Cordeiro, Sabrine da Costa, Parente, Ana Flávia Alves, Carvalho, Lídia Raquel de, Mendes, Rinaldo Pôncio, Lacerda, Marcus Vinícius Guimarães de, Monteiro, Wuelton Marcelo, Weber, Simone Schneider
Format: Artigo
Language: English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2020
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Online Access: https://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/36257
https://doi.org/10.1590/0074-02760190075
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4181-142X
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