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. 2008 May 7;3(5):e2132. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002132

Table 1. Testing results by formulation and country purchased for TLC and dissolutioni,ii .

Ghana Kenya Nigeria Rwanda Tanzania Uganda Total
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine 50% (3/6) 38% (6/16) 50% (1/2) 50% (3/6) 27% (3/11) 33% (3/9) 38% (19/50)
Amodiaquine 33% (2/6) 50% (4/8) 25% (1/4) - 100% (2/2) 56% (5/9) 48% (14/29)
Mefloquine 0% (0/1) - 50% (1/2) - 0% (0/3) 27% (3/11) 24% (4/17)
Artesunate 38% (3/8) 0% (0/4) 33% (2/6) - 31 (4/13) 33% (6/18) 31% (15/49)
Artemether 0% (0/3) 100% (1/1) - - - 29% (2/7) 27% (3/11)
Dihydro-artemisinin 40% (2/5) 56% (5/9) 100% (1/1) - 50% (2/4) 67% (2/3) 55% (12/22)
Artemether-lumefantrine fixed-dose combination 38% (3/8) 0% (0/4) 14% (1/7) 0% (0/3) 0% (0/1) 22% (2/9) 19% (6/32)
Total 35% (13/37) 38% (16/42) 32% (7/22) 33% (3/9) 32% (11/34) 35% (23/66) 35% (73/210)
i.

Percentages are supported by (total that failed either dissolution or TLC/total treatments tested)

ii.

Co-packaged ACTs are listed as individual monotherapies