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Fake antimalarials in Southeast Asia are a major impediment to malaria control: multinational cross-sectional survey on the prevalence of fake antimalarials.
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OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of counterfeit antimalarial drugs in Southeast (SE) Asia. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Pharmacies and shops selling antimalarial drugs in Myanmar (Burma), Lao PDR, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Proportion of artemisinin derivatives or mefloquine containing drugs of substandard quality. RESULTS: Of the 188 tablet packs purchased which were labelled as 'artesunate' 53% did not contain any artesunate. All counterfeit artesu...
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- 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01342.x
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- Journal:
- Tropical medicine and international health : TM and IH
- Volume:
- 9
- Issue:
- 12
- Pages:
- 1241-1246
- Publication date:
- 2004-12-01
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1365-3156
- ISSN:
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1360-2276
- Source identifiers:
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13345
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- English
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