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Case Reports
. 2006 Jun;3(6):e197.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030197.

Manslaughter by fake artesunate in Asia--will Africa be next?

Paul N Newton  1 , Rose McGready, Facundo Fernandez, Michael D Green, Manuela Sunjio, Carinne Bruneton, Souly Phanouvong, Pascal Millet, Christopher J M Whitty, Ambrose O Talisuna, Stephane Proux, Eva Maria Christophel, Grace Malenga, Pratap Singhasivanon, Kalifa Bojang, Harparkash Kaur, Kevin Palmer, Nicholas P J Day, Brian M Greenwood, François Nosten, Nicholas J White
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Manslaughter by fake artesunate in Asia--will Africa be next?

Paul N Newton et al. PLoS Med. 2006 Jun.

Abstract

Fake artesunate could compromise the hope that artemisinin-based combination therapy offers for malaria control in Africa and Asia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing Interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. The authors' funding bodies had no role in the preparation of this article.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Genuine (Left) and Counterfeit (Right) Cotexcin (Dihydroartemisinin) from Tanzania (Photograph by Manuela Sunjio)
Figure 2
Figure 2. Genuine (Right) and Counterfeit (Left) Arsumax (Artesunate) from Cameroon (Photograph by Manuela Sunjio)
Note that the genuine Arsumax bears a hologram from Guilin Pharmaceutical, which manufactures the tablets (see Figure S1).
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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