Relationship between weight status and anti-malarial drug efficacy and safety in children in Mali.

Moussa DjimdeHanen SamoudaJulien JacobsHamidou NiangalyMamadou TeketeSeydou B SombieErick Josephat MginaBakary FofanaIssaka SagaraOgobara K DoumboMichel VaillantAbdoulaye A Djimde

Published in: Malaria journal (2019)

The findings suggest that weight deficiency has no deleterious effect on anti-malarial drug efficacy. An increase in the rate of reinfection in overweight children treated by AS + AQ should be further explored in larger studies.

Keyphrases

weight loss
physical activity
weight gain
young adults
body mass index
emergency department
body weight
adverse drug
replacement therapy