Community Case Management of Fever Due to Malaria and Pneumonia in Children Under Five in Zambia: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial [PDF]
, 2010 In a cluster randomized trial, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi and colleagues find that integrated management of malaria and pneumonia in children under five by community health workers is both feasible and effective. BACKGROUND.
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Genetic and genomic approaches for the discovery of parasite genes involved in antimalarial drug resistance [PDF]
, 2013 The biggest threat to the war on malaria is the continued evolution of drug resistance by the parasite. Resistance to almost all currently available antimalarials now exists in Plasmodium falciparum which causes the most suffering among all human malaria
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Reduction of transmission from malaria patients by artemisinin combination therapies: a pooled analysis of six randomized trials. [PDF]
, 2008 BACKGROUND: Artemisinin combination therapies (ACT), which are increasingly being introduced for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria, are more effective against sexual stage parasites (gametocytes) than previous first-line antimalarials and ...
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Biomédica: revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud, 2008 Introducción. Los estudios de susceptibilidad in vitro de Plasmodium falciparum a los medicamentos antipalúdicos son herramientas importantes para vigilar la utilidad de esos medicamentos; tales estudios son escasos en Colombia. Objetivo.
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Malaria: The Past and the Present
Microorganisms, 2019 Malaria is a severe disease caused by parasites of the genus Plasmodium, which is transmitted to humans by a bite of an infected female mosquito of the species Anopheles.
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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.
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Availability and Utilization of Malaria Prevention Strategies in Pregnancy in Eastern India [PDF]
, 2010 BACKGROUND. Malaria in pregnancy in India, as elsewhere, is responsible for maternal anemia and adverse pregnancy outcomes such as low birth weight and preterm birth.
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Synthesis, In Silico Studies, Antiprotozoal and Cytotoxic Activities of Quinoline‐Biphenyl Hybrids [PDF]
, 2020 This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Synthesis, In Silico Studies, Antiprotozoal and Cytotoxic Activities of Quinoline‐Biphenyl Hybrids, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.201903835.
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Poor-quality antimalarials further health inequities in Uganda
Health Policy and Planning, 2019 Substandard and falsified medications are a major threat to public health, directly increasing the risk of treatment failure, antimicrobial resistance, morbidity, mortality and health expenditures.
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Infection and Drug Resistance, 2022 Tamirat Tekassa,1 Gemmechu Hasen,1 Hailu Merga,2 Anne-Laure Cavin,3 Bertrand Graz,3 Sultan Suleman1 1School of Pharmacy, Institute of Health, Jimma University, Jimma, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia; 2Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Health ...
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