The US CDC has extended artemether-lumefantrine treatment for uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria from three to five days following concerns about late treatment failures.
Why the US CDC is extending malaria treatment from 3 to 5 days
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important things to note about this new malaria treatment
The CDC’s decision is not a global instruction to extend every artemether-lumefantrine prescription to five days.