TY - JOUR AU - Song, Jianping AU - Socheat, Duong AU - Tan, Bo AU - Dara, Prak AU - Deng, Changsheng AU - Sokunthea, Sreng AU - Seila, Suon AU - Ou, Fengzhen AU - Jian, Huaxiang AU - Li, Guoqiao PY - 2010 DA - 2010/02/23 TI - Rapid and effective malaria control in Cambodia through mass administration of artemisinin-piperaquine JO - Malaria Journal SP - 57 VL - 9 IS - 1 AB - Previous efforts to eradicate malaria parasites, particularly Plasmodium falciparum, have failed in part due to the emergence of drug resistant parasites and mosquitoes resistant to insecticides. Using an artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) that kills parasites quickly, a strategy was designed to eliminate the source of transmission by mass treatment of human populations in malaria-endemic areas Cambodia. SN - 1475-2875 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-9-57 DO - 10.1186/1475-2875-9-57 ID - Song2010 ER -