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Appendix 2. Detailed search strategy<br />

Search set CIDG SR a CENTRAL MEDLINE b EMBASE b LILACS b<br />

1 malaria malaria malaria malaria malaria<br />

2 arte* arte* arte* arte* arte*<br />

3 dihydroarte* dihydroarte* dihydroarte* dihydroarte* dihydroarte*<br />

4 amodiaq* amodiaq* amodiaq* amodiaq$ amodiaq$<br />

5 lumefantrine lumefantrine lumefantrine lumefantrine lumefantrine<br />

6 Coartem* Coartem* Coartem* Coartem$ Coartem$<br />

7 mefloquine mefloquine mefloquine mefloquine mefloquine<br />

8 2 or 3 2 or 3 2 or 3 2 or 3 2 or 3<br />

9 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 4 or 5 or 6 or 7<br />

10 1 and 8 and 9 1 and 8 and 9 1 and 8 and 9 1 and 8 and 9 1 and 8 and 9<br />

11 - - Limit 10 to humans Limit 10 to human -<br />

Footnotes<br />

a <strong>Cochrane</strong> Infectious Diseases Group Specialized Register.<br />

b Search terms used in <strong>combination</strong> with the search strategy <strong>for</strong> retrieving trials developed by <strong>The</strong> <strong>Cochrane</strong> Collaboration (Lefebvre<br />

2008); upper case: MeSH or EMTREE heading; lower case: free text term.<br />

Appendix 3. Primary outcome measure (Total Failure) and sensitivity analyses<br />

Analysis Participants PCR b -unadjusted PCR-adjusted<br />

Primary analysis Exclusions after enrolment<br />

Missing or indeterminate<br />

PCR<br />

Numerator Denominator Numerator Denominator<br />

Excluded c Excluded Excluded Excluded<br />

Included as failures Included Excluded Excluded<br />

New infections Included as failures Included Excluded Excluded<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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