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Clinical manifestations of new versus recrudescent malaria infections following anti-malarial drug treatment Full Text
Malaria Journal, 06/21/2012
Clinical Article
Shaukat AM et al. – The results of this study confirm the paramount importance of providing curative treatment for all malaria infections. Although new and recrudescent infections caused febrile illnesses at a similar rate, recurrence due to recrudescent infection did have a worsened haemological outcome than recurrence due to new infections. Local decision–makers should take into account the results of genotyping to distinguish new from recrudescent infections when determining treatment policy on a population level. It is appropriate to weigh recrudescent malaria more heavily than new infection in assessing treatment efficacy.
