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T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S<br />

HEADER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />

ABSTRACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />

PLAIN LANGUAGE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />

BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />

OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />

METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5<br />

RESULTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7<br />

Figure 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9<br />

Figure 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10<br />

DISCUSSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />

Figure 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />

Figure 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />

Figure 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />

Figure 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />

Figure 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24<br />

Figure 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />

Figure 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26<br />

Figure 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27<br />

AUTHORS’ CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29<br />

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30<br />

CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36<br />

DATA AND ANALYSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109<br />

Analysis 1.1. Comparison 1 Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artesunate plus mefloquine, Outcome 1 Total Failure (P.<br />

falciparum) Day 63 PCR unadjusted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123<br />

Analysis 1.2. Comparison 1 Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artesunate plus mefloquine, Outcome 2 Total Failure (P.<br />

falciparum) Day 63 PCR adjusted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124<br />

Analysis 1.3. Comparison 1 Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artesunate plus mefloquine, Outcome 3 Total Failure (P.<br />

falciparum) Day 42 PCR unadjusted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125<br />

Analysis 1.4. Comparison 1 Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artesunate plus mefloquine, Outcome 4 Total Failure (P.<br />

falciparum) Day 42 PCR adjusted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125<br />

Analysis 1.5. Comparison 1 Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artesunate plus mefloquine, Outcome 5 Total Failure (P.<br />

falciparum) Day 28 PCR unadjusted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126<br />

Analysis 1.6. Comparison 1 Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artesunate plus mefloquine, Outcome 6 Total Failure (P.<br />

falciparum) Day 28 PCR adjusted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126<br />

Analysis 1.7. Comparison 1 Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artesunate plus mefloquine, Outcome 7 P. vivax<br />

parasitaemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127<br />

Analysis 1.8. Comparison 1 Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artesunate plus mefloquine, Outcome 8 Gametocyte<br />

development (in those negative at baseline). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129<br />

Analysis 1.9. Comparison 1 Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artesunate plus mefloquine, Outcome 9 Gametocytaemia<br />

carriage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130<br />

Analysis 1.10. Comparison 1 Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artesunate plus mefloquine, Outcome 10 Serious adverse<br />

events (including deaths). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131<br />

Analysis 1.11. Comparison 1 Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artesunate plus mefloquine, Outcome 11 Early<br />

vomiting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132<br />

Analysis 1.12. Comparison 1 Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artesunate plus mefloquine, Outcome 12 Sensitivity<br />

analysis: Total Failure Day 63 PCR unadjusted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133<br />

Analysis 1.13. Comparison 1 Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artesunate plus mefloquine, Outcome 13 Sensitivity<br />

analysis: Total Failure Day 63 PCR adjusted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134<br />

Analysis 2.1. Comparison 2 Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine vs Artemether-lumefantrine, Outcome 1 Total Failure (P.<br />

falciparum) Day 42 PCR unadjusted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136<br />

<strong>Artemisinin</strong>-<strong>based</strong> <strong>combination</strong> <strong>therapy</strong> <strong>for</strong> treating uncomplicated malaria (Review)<br />

Copyright © 2009 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Cochrane</strong> Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<br />

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