Impact of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy and Insecticide-Treated Nets on Malaria Burden in Zanzibar

Achuyt Bhattarai; Abdullah S Ali; S. Patrick Kachur; Andreas Mårtensson; Ali K Abbas; Rashid Khatib; Abdul-wahiyd Al-mafazy; Mahdi Ramsan; Guida Rotllant; Jan F Gerstenmaier; Fabrizio Molteni; Salim Abdulla; Scott M Montgomery; Akira Kaneko; Anders Björkman

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0040309

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Impact of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy and Insecticide-Treated Nets on Malaria Burden in Zanzibar

Achuyt Bhattarai ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: achuyt.bhattarai@ki.se

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Abdullah S Ali,

Affiliation Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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S. Patrick Kachur,

Affiliations Malaria Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America , Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
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Andreas Mårtensson,

Affiliations Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden , Emergency Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Kullbergska Hospital, Katrineholm, Sweden
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Ali K Abbas,

Affiliation Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Rashid Khatib,

Affiliation Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
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Abdul-wahiyd Al-mafazy,

Affiliation Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Mahdi Ramsan,

Affiliation International Development Group, Research Triangle Institute, Zanzibar, Tanzania
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Guida Rotllant,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Jan F Gerstenmaier,

Affiliation Department of Accident & Emergency, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Fabrizio Molteni,

Affiliation Italian Co-operation, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
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Salim Abdulla,

Affiliation Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
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Scott M Montgomery,

Affiliations Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden , Clinical Research Centre, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden
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Akira Kaneko,

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Anders Björkman

Affiliation Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Impact of Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy and Insecticide-Treated Nets on Malaria Burden in Zanzibar

Achuyt Bhattarai,
Abdullah S Ali,
S. Patrick Kachur,
Andreas Mårtensson,
Ali K Abbas,
Rashid Khatib,
Abdul-wahiyd Al-mafazy,
Mahdi Ramsan,
Guida Rotllant,
Jan F Gerstenmaier

Published: November 6, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0040309

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