Pharmacokinetics of piperaquine transfer into the breast milk of Melanesian mothers

Transfer of piperaquine (PQ) into breast milk was examined in 27 Papua New Guinean women given a 3-day course of dihydro-artemisinin-PQ or sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine-PQ during the second/third trimester. Breast milk was sampled on days 1, 2, 3 to 5, 7 to 11, and 14 to 17 postdelivery, a median of 70...

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Main Authors: Moore, B., Salman, S., Benjamin, J., Page-Sharp, Madhu, Yadi, G., Batty, Kevin, Siba, P., Mueller, I., Davis, T.
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14420