The Community As the Patient in Malaria-Endemic Areas: Preempting Drug Resistance with Multiple First-Line Therapies

PLoS Med. 2016 Mar 29;13(3):e1001984. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001984. eCollection 2016 Mar.

Abstract

Maciej F. Boni and colleagues propose deploying multiple first-line combination therapies against malaria within a community to delay drug-resistance evolution.

MeSH terms

  • Antimalarials / therapeutic use*
  • Artemisinins / therapeutic use*
  • Artesunate
  • Drug Resistance, Microbial*
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Endemic Diseases
  • Health Policy*
  • Humans
  • Malaria / drug therapy
  • Malaria / epidemiology
  • Malaria, Falciparum / drug therapy*
  • Malaria, Falciparum / epidemiology
  • Mefloquine / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Antimalarials
  • Artemisinins
  • Artesunate
  • Mefloquine

Grants and funding

No specific funding was received for this study.