TY - JOUR AU - Phuc, Bui Quang AU - Rasmussen, Charlotte AU - Duong, Tran Thanh AU - Dong, Le Than AU - Loi, Mai Anh AU - Ménard, Didier AU - Tarning, Joel AU - Bustos, Dorina AU - Ringwald, Pascal AU - Galappaththy, Gawrie Loku AU - Thieu, Nguyen Quang T1 - Treatment Failure of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Vietnam T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2017 VL - 23 IS - 4 SP - 715 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We conducted a study in Binh Phuoc, Vietnam, in 2015 on the therapeutic efficacy of dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum malaria. A high number of treatment failures (14/40) was found, and piperaquine resistance in Vietnam was confirmed. A change in the malaria treatment policy for Vietnam is in process. KW - drug resistance KW - malaria KW - Plasmodium falciparum KW - artemisinin KW - Vietnam KW - dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine KW - antimicrobial resistance KW - vector-borne infections KW - piperaquine KW - mefloquine KW - dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine DO - 10.3201/eid2304.161872 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/23/4/16-1872_article ER - End of Reference