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Efficacy of chloroquine, sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Kajo Keji county, Sudan. [PDF]

, 2004
To provide advice on the rational use of antimalarial drugs, Médecins Sans Frontières conducted a randomized, an open label efficacy study in Kajo Keji, an area of high transmission of malaria in southern Sudan.
Epicentre, Krishna S, Kshirsagar NA, National Malaria Administration/Unicef, Ochong EO, Omari AA, Seidlein L, UN/OCHA, Vugt M, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO, WHO/Roll Back Malaria   +13 more
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Safety and efficacy of methylene blue combined with artesunate or amodiaquine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria [PDF]

, 2008
Besides existing artemisinin-based combination therapies, alternative safe, effective and affordable drug combinations against falciparum malaria are needed. Methylene blue (MB) was the first synthetic antimalarial drug ever used, and recent studies have
Coulibaly, Boubacar, Klose, Christina, Kouyaté, Bocar, Mansmann, Ulrich, Meissner, Peter E., Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Müller, Olaf, Schirmer, R. Heiner, Sié, Ali, Walter-Sack, Ingeborg, Zoungrana, Augustin   +10 more
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Review of pyronaridine anti-malarial properties and product characteristics. [PDF]

, 2012
Pyronaridine was synthesized in 1970 at the Institute of Chinese Parasitic Disease and has been used in China for over 30 years for the treatment of malaria.
Arbe-Barnes, Sarah J, Borghini-Fuhrer, Isabelle, Craft, J Carl, Croft, Simon L, Duparc, Stephan, Fleckenstein, Lawrence, Rim, Han-Jong, Shin, Chang-Sik   +7 more
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Electrochemical and theoretical evaluation of the interaction between dna and amodiaquine: evidence of the guanine adduct formation

Química Nova, 2010
The electrochemical behavior of the interaction of amodiaquine with DNA on a carbon paste electrode was studied using voltametric techniques. In an acid medium, an electroactive adduct is formed when amodiaquine interacts with DNA.
Maria Lara P. M. Arguelho, José do Patrocínio H. Alves, Nelson R. Stradiotto, Valdemar Lacerda Júnior, José Maria Pires, Adilson Beatriz   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Different methodological approaches to the assessment of in vivo efficacy of three artemisinin-based combination antimalarial treatments for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in African children. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Use of different methods for assessing the efficacy of artemisinin-based combination antimalarial treatments (ACTs) will result in different estimates being reported, with implications for changes in treatment policy.
A Yeka, B Greenhouse, CH Sibley, E Depoortere, Eleanor Turyakira, Elizabeth A Ashley, F Grandesso, Francesco Checchi, Grant Dorsey, H Bukirwa, Hasifa Bukirwa, I van den Broek, I Zongo, I Zongo, Ingrid van den Broek, Issaka Zongo, Jean-Paul Guthmann, JP Guthmann, JP Guthmann, JP Guthmann, K Mugittu, K Mugittu, K Stepniewska, K Stepniewska, Loretxu Pinoges, M Bonnet, Michel van Herp, N Bakyaita, NJ White, Pedro Pablo Palma Urruta, Piero Olliaro, PO Olliaro, RN Price, S Hamour, SG Staedke, Suna Balkan, TD Swarthout, Walter R Taylor, WJ Collins, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization, World Health Organization   +43 more
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Field-adapted sampling of whole blood to determine the levels of amodiaquine and its metabolite in children with uncomplicated malaria treated with amodiaquine plus artesunate combination

Malaria Journal, 2009
Background Artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) has been widely adopted as first-line treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria. In Uganda, amodiaquine plus artesunate (AQ+AS), is the alternative first-line regimen to Coartem® (artemether ...
Gustafsson Lars L, Mahindi Margarita, Mukonzo Jackson, Obua Celestino, Ntale Muhammad, Beck Olof, Ogwal-Okeng Jasper W   +6 more
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Varying efficacy of artesunate+amodiaquine and artesunate+sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a report of two in-vivo studies [PDF]

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Very few data on anti-malarial efficacy are available from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). DRC changed its anti-malarial treatment policy to amodiaquine (AQ) and artesunate (AS) in 2005.
A Brockman, A Nahum, A Ndayiragije, AM Kabanywanyi, AO Talisuna, AP Alker, B Greenhouse, Chantal van Overmeir, CV Plowe, Célestin Nsibu Ndosimao, D Francis, Elizabeth Ashley, G Snounou, Ingrid van den Broek, Jean-Paul Guthmann, Jean-Paul Guthmann, JG Kublin, JG Kublin, JP Guthmann, Juliet Kyomuhendo, LC Ranford-Cartwright, M Ndounga, M Ndounga, Maryline Bonnet, Michel van Herp, MR Kamya, P Piola, Pedro Pablo Palma Urrutia, R Pearce, RN Price, S Cohuet, TB Swarthout, World Health Organization   +32 more
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Is amodiaquine failing in Rwanda? Efficacy of amodiaquine alone and combined with artesunate in children with uncomplicated malaria [PDF]

Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2004
SummaryWe investigated the safety and efficacy of amodiaquine alone (AQ) and combined with artesunate (AQ + AS) in 308 Rwandan children 6–59 months old with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria attending three sentinel sites. The two treatment regimes were well tolerated and no serious adverse events were recorded. After excluding new infections,
Rwagacondo, C. E., Karema, C., Mugisha, V., Erhart, A., Dujardin, J. C., Van Overmeir, C., Ringwald, P., D'Alessandro, U.   +7 more
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Electrocardiographic study in Ghanaian children with uncomplicated malaria, treated with artesunate-amodiaquine or artemether-lumefantrine

Malaria Journal, 2012
Background Several anti-malarial drugs are associated with adverse cardiovascular effects. These effects may be exacerbated when different anti-malarials are used in combination.
Adjei George O, Oduro-Boatey Collins, Rodrigues Onike P, Hoegberg Lotte C, Alifrangis Michael, Kurtzhals Jorgen A, Goka Bamenla Q   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Artemisinin-based combination therapy for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Colombia

Malaria Journal, 2007
Background Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is being widely promoted as a strategy to counteract the increase in Plasmodium falciparum antimalarial drug resistance.
Taylor Walter RJ, Olliaro Piero, Gonzalez Iveth, Osorio Lyda   +3 more
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