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Prevalence of malaria resistance-associated mutations in Plasmodium falciparum circulating in 2017–2018, Bo, Sierra Leone

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
IntroductionIn spite of promising medical, sociological, and engineering strategies and interventions to reduce the burden of disease, malaria remains a source of significant morbidity and mortality, especially among children in sub-Saharan Africa.
Tomasz A. Leski, Chris Rowe Taitt, Sophie M. Colston, Umaru Bangura, Andrew Holtz, Chadwick Y. Yasuda, Nathanael D. Reynolds, Joseph Lahai, Joseph M. Lamin, Victoria Baio, Rashid Ansumana, Rashid Ansumana, David A. Stenger, Gary J. Vora   +13 more
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Synthesis and Antileishmanial Activity of 1,2,4,5-Tetraoxanes against Leishmania donovani [PDF]

, 2020
A chemically diverse range of novel tetraoxanes was synthesized and evaluated in vitro against intramacrophage amastigote forms of Leishmania donovani. All 15 tested tetraoxanes displayed activity, with IC50 values ranging from 2 to 45 µm.
Amado, Patrícia, Cabral, Lília, Cojean, Sandrine, Cristiano, Maria De Lurdes, Loiseau, Philippe M., Pomel, Sébastien   +5 more
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Adverse events in rheumatoid arthritis patients under antimalarial treatment—Is there cardiovascular compromise?

Frontiers in Drug Safety and Regulation, 2023
Introduction: The antimalarials chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have been used for several decades in treating malaria and some autoimmune diseases—mainly rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)—with excellent efficacy and ...
Pedro Santos-Moreno, Linda Ibatá, Susan Martínez, Gabriel-Santiago Rodríguez-Vargas, Laura Villarreal, Pedro Rodríguez, Wilberto Rivero, Fernando Rodríguez-Florido, Adriana Rojas-Villarraga   +8 more
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Clinical Characteristics and Management of Patients With Clinical Amyopathic Dermatomyositis: A Retrospective Study of 64 Patients at a Tertiary Dermatology Department

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Background: Clinical amyopathic dermatomyositis (CADM) represents a subtype of 5–20% of patients with dermatomyositis (DM), which can be categorized into amyopathic dermatomyositis (ADM) and hypomyopathic dermatomyositis (HDM).
Keyun Tang, Hanlin Zhang, Hongzhong Jin
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Potential P-Glycoprotein-Mediated Drug-Drug Interactions of Antimalarial Agents in Caco-2 cells [PDF]

, 2012
Antimalarials are widely used in African and Southeast Asian countries, where they are combined with other drugs for the treatment of concurrent ailments.
Horie, Toshiharu, Oga, Enoche, Shitara, Yoshihisa, Shuichi, Sekine   +3 more
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Antiplasmodial activity of p-substituted benzyl thiazinoquinone derivatives and their potential against parasitic infections [PDF]

, 2020
Malaria is a life-threatening disease and, what is more, the resistance to available antimalarial drugs is a recurring problem. The resistance of Plasmodium falciparum malaria parasites to previous generations of medicines has undermined malaria control ...
Basilico, Nicoletta, Casertano, Marcello, Fattorusso, Caterina, Imperatore, Concetta, Menna, Marialuisa, Parapini, Silvia, Persico, Marco   +6 more
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Comparative analysis of two methods for measuring sales volumes during malaria medicine outlet surveys. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: There is increased interest in using commercial providers for improving access to quality malaria treatment. Understanding their current role is an essential first step, notably in terms of the volume of diagnostics and anti-malarials they ...
Goodman, Catherine, Hanson, Kara, Kleinschmidt, Immo, O'Connell, Kate, Palafox, Benjamin, Patouillard, Edith, Pok, Sochea, Tougher, Sarah   +7 more
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Comparison of Health Service Utilization for Febrile Children Before and After Introduction of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests and Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy in Rural Papua New Guinea

Frontiers in Public Health, 2018
BackgroundIn Papua New Guinea (PNG), a malaria treatment policy using rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) plus artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) was widely introduced to rural communities in 2012.
Takahiro Tsukahara, Takahiro Tsukahara, Takuma Sugahara, Takuro Furusawa, Francis Wanak Hombhanje   +4 more
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Predicted Environmental Risk Assessment of Antimicrobials with Increased Consumption in Portugal during the COVID-19 Pandemic; The Groundwork for the Forthcoming Water Quality Survey

Antibiotics, 2023
The environmental release of antimicrobial pharmaceuticals is an imminent threat due to ecological impacts and microbial resistance phenomena. The recent COVID-19 outbreak will likely lead to greater loads of antimicrobials in the environment.
Anabela Almeida, Cristina De Mello-Sampayo, Ana Lopes, Rita Carvalho da Silva, Paula Viana, Leonor Meisel   +5 more
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Malaria in the 21st century - still a threatening problem [PDF]

Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo, 2019
There are six parasite species (P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale curtisi, P. ovale wallikeri, P. malariae, and P. knowlesi) that cause malaria in humans. P. falciparum is responsible for most malaria-related deaths globally. P.
Čanović Predrag, Popovska-Jovičić Biljana, Pavlović Milorad   +2 more
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