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. 2019 Aug 23;63(9):e00590-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.00590-19

TABLE 3.

The need for molecular correction shown by a comparison of estimated drug failure rates obtained without correction versus with molecular correction performed according to the current WHO/MMV-recommended algorithma

Drugs testedb Uncorrected vs corrected failure rates Country, yr Reference
AR-LF 54% vs 10% Burkina Faso, 2014 36
AS-AQ 42% vs 10% Burkina Faso, 2014 36
AS-AQ 17% vs 6% Congo, 2013 37
AR-LF 22% vs 0% Tanzania, 2014 38
AR-LF 13% vs 0% Benin, 2016 39
AR-LF 9% vs 2% Mozambique, 2015 40
AR-LF 2% vs 1% India, 2015 41
AR-LF 16% vs 1% Congo, 2012 42
AS-AQ 22% vs 5% Congo, 2012 42
a

Failure rate was calculated as 1 − the 28-day adequate clinical and parasitological response reported in the study (from data collated and provided by Jörge Möhrle and Stephan Duparc).

b

AR-LF, artemether plus lumefantrine; AS-AQ, artesunate plus amodiaquine.