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The development of resistance to conventional treatment has led WHO to recommned the use of combination therapies containing aemisinin derivative (aemisinin-based combination therapies also known as ACTs). All of the following combination therapies are recommended if such resistance is suspected, except -

A
Aemether plus lumefantrine
B
Aesunate plus quinine
C
Aesunate plus pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine
D
Aesunate plus mefloquine
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. is 'b' i.e. Aesunate plus quinine The WHO recommended ACTs (aemisinin-based combination therapies) o Aemether + lumefantrine o Aesunate + sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine o Aesunate + amodiaquine o Aesunate + mefloquine o Dihydroaemisinin + piperaquine.

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