Comparative efficacy and safety of the artemisinin derivatives compared to quinine for treating severe malaria in children and adults: A systematic update of literature and network meta-analysis

• Nicholas Nyaaba ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nyabasmail@gmail.com

  Affiliation Infectious Disease Centre, 37 Military Hospital, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9859-6628

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• Nana Efua Andoh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nana Efua Andoh, Gordon Amoh, Dominic Selorm Yao Amuzu, Mary Ansong

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana

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• Gordon Amoh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nana Efua Andoh, Gordon Amoh, Dominic Selorm Yao Amuzu, Mary Ansong

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Korle-Bu Polyclinic/ Family Medicine Department, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana

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• Dominic Selorm Yao Amuzu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nana Efua Andoh, Gordon Amoh, Dominic Selorm Yao Amuzu, Mary Ansong

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens, Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8920-0708

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• Mary Ansong ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Nana Efua Andoh, Gordon Amoh, Dominic Selorm Yao Amuzu, Mary Ansong

  Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation The International Sickle Cell Centre, Accra Central, Accra, Ghana

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• José M. Ordóñez-Mena ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JOM and JH are Joint Senior Authors.

  Affiliations Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research (NIRH), Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom

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• Jennifer Hirst

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ JOM and JH are Joint Senior Authors.

  Affiliations Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research (NIRH), Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8416-2159

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