Journal article
A collaborative epidemiological investigation into the criminal fake artesunate trade in South East Asia.
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Background
Since 1998 the serious public health problem in South East Asia of counterfeit artesunate, containing no or subtherapeutic amounts of the active antimalarial ingredient, has led to deaths from untreated malaria, reduced confidence in this vital drug, large economic losses for the legitimate manufacturers, and concerns that artemisinin resistance might be engendered.
Methods and Findings
With evidence of a deteriorating situa...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050032
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Wellcome Trust
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Public Library of Science Publisher's website
- Journal:
- PLoS medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 5
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- e32
- Publication date:
- 2008-02-01
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1549-1676
- ISSN:
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1549-1277
- Source identifiers:
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25505
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- English
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- pubs:25505
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Newton et al
- Copyright date:
- 2008
- Notes:
- This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Public Domain declaration which stipulates that, once placed in the public domain, this work may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by anyone for any lawful purpose.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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