Severe Malaria Not Responsive to Artemisinin Derivatives in Man Returning from Angola to Vietnam

Severe Malaria Not Responsive to Artemisinin Derivatives in Man Returning from Angola to Vietnam

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Resistance to artemisinin derivatives, the most potent antimalarial drugs currently used, has emerged in Southeast Asia and threatens to spread to Africa. We report a case of malaria in a man who returned to Vietnam after 3 years in Angola that did not respond to intravenous artesunate and clindamyc...

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Main Authors: Nguyen Van Hong, Alfred Amambua-Ngwa, Nguyen Quang Tuan, Do Duy Cuong, Nguyen Thi Huong Giang, Nguyen Van Dung, Ta Thi Tinh, Nguyen Van Tien, Bui Quang Phuc, Tran Thanh Duong, Anna Rosanas-Urgell, Umberto D’Alessandro, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Annette Erhart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2014-07-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
malaria
severe malaria
parasites
Plasmodium falciparum
drug resistance
artemisinin
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/20/7/14-0155_article

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