Effectiveness of Artemether-Lumefantrine Provided by Community Health Workers in Under-five Children with Uncomplicated Malaria in Rural Tanzania: An Open Label Prospective Study. [PDF]
\ud Home-management of malaria (HMM) strategy improves early access of anti-malarial medicines to high-risk groups in remote areas of sub-Saharan Africa.
Petzold, M.G +64 more
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Audit of failure rate of Coartem to treat falciparum malaria at single fourteen day follow up
Objective: To assess the failure rate of the new first line treatment regime for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in KwaZulu-Natal of Coartem tablets (20mg aftemether and 120mg lumefantrine - Novartis South Africa (PTY Ltd. Design: A before-after study.
C.H. Vaughan Williams +3 more
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Measurement of adherence, drug concentrations and the effectiveness of artemether-lumefantrine, chlorproguanil-dapsone or sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Malawi [PDF]
Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is the only single dose therapy for uncomplicated malaria, but there is widespread resistance. At the time of this study, artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and chlorproguanil-dapsone (CPD), both multi-dose regimes, were ...
Hughes Dyfrig A +37 more
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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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Background: Drug therapy remains the principal management strategy for malaria but is increasingly challenged by the emergence of drug-resistant malaria parasites.
Douglas O. Ochora +9 more
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The Content of African Diets is Adequate to Achieve Optimal Efficacy with Fixed-Dose Artemether-Lumefantrine: A Review of the Evidence. [PDF]
A fixed-dose combination of artemether-lumefantrine (AL, Coartem(R)) has shown high efficacy, good tolerability and cost-effectiveness in adults and children with uncomplicated malaria caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
Nathan Mulure +28 more
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Stereoselective Biotransformation: Transfer of Learning to Advance Drug Metabolism and Biocatalysis
Understanding stereoselective biotransformations has implications for predicting drug disposition and response and may also inspire novel biocatalytic and biomimetic strategies to address challenges in metabolite and API synthesis. ABSTRACT Chirality is an important determinant of drug action, as enantiomers can exhibit markedly different ...
Grace A. Okunlola, Godwin A. Aleku
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Artemisinin combination therapies for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Uganda. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To compare the efficacy and safety of artemisinin combination therapies for the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Uganda. DESIGN: Randomized single-blind controlled trial.
Staedke Sarah G +21 more
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Adherence to and acceptability of artemether-lumefantrine as first-line anti-malarial treatment: evidence from a rural community in Tanzania. [PDF]
\ud \ud Controlled clinical trials have shown that a six-dose regimen of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) therapy for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria results in cure rates >95% with good tolerability.
Abdunoor M Kabanywanyi +27 more
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Artemether-lumefantrine versus dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for treatment of malaria: a randomized trial. [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To compare the efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Uganda. DESIGN: Randomized single-blinded clinical trial.
Staedke Sarah G +35 more
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