Manslaughter by fake artesunate in Asia--will Africa be next?
editorial · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 16752952.
- Also identified by PMC identifier 1475657.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
- The licence permits redistribution, so the abstract is shown in full and the full text is available from the publisher.
Abstract
Fake artesunate could compromise the hope that artemisinin-based combination therapy offers for malaria control in Africa and Asia.
Medical subject headings
- Antimalarials
- Artemisinins
- Fraud
- Malaria
- Sesquiterpenes