Recrudescent Plasmodium falciparum infections in children in an endemic area following artemisinin–based combination treatments: Implications for disease control

Gbotosho, Grace O. and Okuboyejo , Titilope M. and Happi, Christian T. and Sowunmi, Akintunde (2011) Recrudescent Plasmodium falciparum infections in children in an endemic area following artemisinin–based combination treatments: Implications for disease control. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, 1 (3). pp. 195-202.

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Abstract

To evaluate the features and risk factors associated with recrudescent infections that arose following artemisinin-based combination drug treatment of the primary infections. Methods The clinical features and risk factors associated with subsequent recrudescence of primary Plasmodium falciparum infections were evaluated in 37 of 877 children following artesunate or artemisinin-based combination treatments (ACTs). Recrudescence was determined by polymerase chain reaction.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Malaria, Recrudescence, Children, Risk Factors,Artesunate
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH301 Biology Q Science > QR Microbiology
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences
Depositing User:	Mrs Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited:	18 Sep 2014 09:02
Last Modified:	18 Sep 2014 09:02
URI:	http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/2768

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