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How often do symptoms return after unsuccessful drug treatment for malaria? A systematic review and meta-analysis

2020-08-24 epidemiology Title + abstract only
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BackgroundIn clinical trials of therapies for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum, there are usually some patients who fail treatment even in the absence of drug resistance. Treatment failures are categorised as clinical or parasitological failures, the latter indicating that recrudescence of the infection has occurred without inducing the return of symptoms. Asymptomatic treatment failure has public health implications for continued malaria transmission and may be important for the spread of ...

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