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In vivo AS\/AQ efficacy studies were conducted between June and October 2014 among children aged 6 months to 14 years, in two sentinel sites representing the forest and coastal zones of the country. The 2009 World Health Organization protocol for monitoring antimalarial drug efficacy was used in these studies. The studies showed an overall cumulative polymerase chain reaction-corrected day 28 cure rate of 97.2% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 93.6\u201399.1): 97.7% (95% CI: 92.0\u201399.7) within the forest zone and 96.7% (95% CI: 90.7\u201399.3) within the coastal zone (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> = 0.686). Prevalence of fever declined from 100% to &lt; 4% after first day of treatment in both ecological zones. All children in the coastal zone had cleared parasites by day 2. Three children (3.2%) in the forest zone were parasitemic on day 2, whereas one child was parasitemic on day 3. Gametocytemia was absent in both zones after day 14, and mean hemoglobin concentration significantly increased from 10.3 g\/dL (95% CI: 10.1\u201310.5) on day 0 to 11.8 g\/dL (95% CI: 11.6\u201312.0) on day 28. We conclude that AS\/AQ combination remains efficacious in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Ghana.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.15-0826","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,7,25]],"date-time":"2017-07-25T07:00:49Z","timestamp":1500966049000},"page":"690-695","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Efficacy of Artesunate\/Amodiaquine in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria among Children in Ghana"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"97","author":[{"given":"Benjamin K.","family":"Abuaku","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Benedicta A.","family":"Mensah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael 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