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. 2005 Oct;49(10):4421-2.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.49.10.4421-4422.2005.

Lengthy antimalarial activity of atovaquone in human plasma following atovaquone-proguanil administration

M D Edstein, B M Kotecka, K L Anderson, D J Pombo, D E Kyle, K H Rieckmann, M F Good

Lengthy antimalarial activity of atovaquone in human plasma following atovaquone-proguanil administration

M D Edstein et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Oct.
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FIG. 1.
Mean plasma atovaquone (ATQ) concentrations versus time after repeated atovaquone-proguanil treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in three volunteers infected on three occasions. Plasma ATQ concentrations were measured by HPLC (•) and bioassay (○).
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