Emerging Infectious Diseases (Apr 2017)

Treatment Failure of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine for Plasmodium falciparum Malaria, Vietnam

  • Bui Quang Phuc,
  • Charlotte Rasmussen,
  • Tran Thanh Duong,
  • Le Than Dong,
  • Mai Anh Loi,
  • Didier Ménard,
  • Joel Tarning,
  • Dorina Bustos,
  • Pascal Ringwald,
  • Gawrie Loku Galappaththy,
  • Nguyen Quang Thieu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2304.161872
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 23, no. 4
pp. 715 – 717

Abstract

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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.

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