Efficacy of artemether–lumefantrine artesunate–amodiaquine and dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Angola 2015

摘要

BackgroundRecent anti-malarial resistance monitoring in Angola has shown efficacy of artemether–lumefantrine (AL) in certain sites approaching the key 90% lower limit of efficacy recommended for artemisinin-based combination therapy. In addition, a controversial case of malaria unresponsive to artemisinins was reported in a patient infected in Lunda Sul Province in 2013.