Dr. Stricker replies to Methodological Concerns Regarding the Relation Between Mefloquine and Serious Psychiatric Events in Females

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Sir: My colleagues and I highly appreciate the interest in our article1 by Dr. Tepper and Ms. Strauss. My response will follow the sequence of their 5 points.

First, the questionnaire response rate in our study was 67%, 63% for cases and 67% for matched controls (intended case: control ratio = 1:6). This difference in response rate was not statistically significant.’ ‹’ ‹