Use of weight-for-age-data to optimize tablet strength and dosing regimens for a new fixed-dose artesunate-amodiaquine combination for treating falciparum malaria

Objective: To test a novel methodology to define age-based dosing regimens for the treatment of malaria with a new, user-friendly, blister-packaged fixed-dose combination of artesunate and amodiaquine. Methods: A weight-for-age reference database of 88 054 individuals from sub-Saharan Africa was com...

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Main Authors: Walter R.J. Taylor, Dianne J. Terlouw, Piero L. Olliaro, Nicholas J. White, Philippe Brasseur, Feiko O. Ter Kuileb
Other Authors: Organisation Mondiale de la Sante
Format: Article
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/23468
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Institution: Mahidol University