Amodiaquine in future combination treatment of malaria in Ghana

Trop Doct. 2007 Jul;37(3):154-6. doi: 10.1258/004947507781524656.

Abstract

A total of 198 patients were treated with amodiaquine for uncomplicated malaria. Parasite clearance at day 14 was 85.4 and 48% at day 28.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amodiaquine / administration & dosage
  • Amodiaquine / therapeutic use*
  • Animals
  • Antimalarials / administration & dosage
  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use*
  • Artemisinins / therapeutic use
  • Artesunate
  • Child, Preschool
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Female
  • Ghana
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / parasitology
  • Male
  • Sesquiterpenes / therapeutic use
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Artemisinins
  • Sesquiterpenes
  • Amodiaquine
  • Artesunate