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]
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.
Pinoges Loretxu +55 more
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. Background. Neuroblastoma (NB) is a malignant pediatric tumor requiring new therapies. Accumulating evidence has confirmed that microRNAs play critical roles in NB metastasis.
Lina Chen +11 more
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A simple and effective method for the simultaneous quantitative analysis of six caffeoylquinic acids (CAs) in Matricaria chamomilla L. (M. chamomilla) using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with diode-array detection (DAD) was established ...
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Background The aim of this study was to explore the effect of mass drug administration (MDA) on malaria transmission in low-endemic malaria areas. Methods Mass drug administration of artemisinin-piperaquine (AP) + primaquine (PMQ) was targeted to 17,438 ...
Mingqiang Li +13 more
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Health Worker Factors Associated with Prescribing of Artemisinin Combination Therapy for Uncomplicated Malaria in Rural Tanzania. [PDF]
Improving malaria case management is partially dependent on health worker compliance with clinical guidelines. This study assessed health worker factors associated with correct anti-malarial prescribing practices at two sites in rural Tanzania.
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Peroxide bond-dependent antiplasmodial specificity of artemisinin and OZ277 (RBx11160) [PDF]
Using nonperoxidic analogs of artemisinin and OZ277 (RBx11160), the strong in vitro antiplasmodial activities of the latter two compounds were shown to be peroxide bond dependent.
Vennerstrom, Jonathan L +8 more
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Malaria is a disease that has blighted humankind since early times. The first antimalarial treatment available to Europeans was the dried bark of the cinchona tree from Peru. The main problem in its use was adulteration by other material. The ‘active principle’ was first extracted in 1820 and named quinine.
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Nanoliposomal artemisinin for the treatment of murine visceral leishmaniasis [PDF]
Muzamil Y Want,1 Mohammad Islammudin,1 Garima Chouhan,1 Hani A Ozbak,2 Hassan A Hemeg,2 Asoke P Chattopadhyay,3 Farhat Afrin2 1Parasite Immunology Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard University, New Delhi, India; 2Department ...
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Polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter and multidrug resistance 1 genes: parasite risk factors that affect treatment outcomes for P. falciparum malaria after artemether-lumefantrine and artesunate-amodiaquine. [PDF]
Adequate clinical and parasitologic cure by artemisinin combination therapies relies on the artemisinin component and the partner drug. Polymorphisms in the Plasmodium falciparum chloroquine resistance transporter (pfcrt) and P.
Kamugisha, Erasmus +82 more
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Red and Blue Light Promote the Accumulation of Artemisinin in Artemisia annua L.
Artemisinin, which has been isolated from Artemisia annua L., is the most effective antimalarial drug and has saved millions of lives. In addition, artemisinin and its derivatives have anti-tumor, anti-parasitic, anti-fibrosis, and anti-arrhythmic ...
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