Severe Malaria Not Responsive to Artemisinin Derivatives in Man Returning from Angola to Vietnam
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, and Annette Erhart
Author affiliations: National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology, Hanoi, Vietnam (N. Van Hong, T.T. Tinh, B.Q. Phuc, T.T. Duong); Medical Research Unit, Fajara. The Gambia (A. Amambua-Ngwa, U. D’Allesandro); Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi (N.Q. Tuan, D.D. Cuong, N.T.H. Giang, N. Van Dung, N. Van Tien); Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium (A. Rosanas-Urgell, A. Erhart); University of Antwerp, Antwerp (J.-P. Van Geertruyden)
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Figure 1. Evolution of Plasmodium falciparum parasite density (log scale) by day after start of antimalaria treatments for man with severe malaria who returned from Angola to Vietnam in April 2013Values are parasites/microliter of bloodIV, intravenous.
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