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Cost effectiveness of seasonal intermittent preventive treatment using amodiaquine & artesunate or sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in Ghanaian children. [PDF]

, 2010
BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in children (IPTc) involves the administration of a full course of an anti-malarial treatment to children under 5 years old at specified time points regardless of whether or not they are known to ...
Kweku Margaret, Daniel Chandramohan, Greenwood Brian, Margaret Kweku, Rosa Legood, Conteh Lesong, Chandramohan, Daniel, Patouillard Edith, Patouillard, Edith, Legood, Rosa, Legood Rosa, Lesong Conteh, Edith Patouillard, Greenwood, Brian, Brian Greenwood, Conteh, Lesong, Kweku, Margaret, Chandramohan Daniel   +17 more
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Modelling the impact of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria on selection pressure for drug resistance. [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND\ud \ud Intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) is a promising intervention for malaria control, although there are concerns about its impact on drug resistance.\ud \ud METHODS\ud \ud The key model inputs are age-specific values for a) baseline
Sutherland Colin, Schellenberg, David, Roper, C., Schellenberg, D., Roper Cally, Roper, Cally, Sutherland, C., Cissé, Badara, Alexander, N., Alexander Neal, Sutherland, Colin, Schellenberg David, Cissé Badara, Alexander, Neal   +13 more
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Drug resistance maps to guide intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in African infants. [PDF]

, 2011
Intermittent preventive treatment of infants (IPTi) with sulphadoxine pyrimethamine (SP) is recommended as an additional malaria control intervention in high transmission areas of sub-Saharan Africa, provided its protective efficacy is not compromised by
CALLY ROPER, Naidoo, Inbarani, Roper, Cally, INBARANI NAIDOO   +3 more
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Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in children: a qualitative study of community perceptions and recommendations in Burkina Faso and Mali. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in children (IPTc) is a highly efficacious method of malaria control where malaria transmission is highly seasonal. However, no studies published to date have examined community perceptions of IPTc.
Ouédraogo, Dimlawendé J, Diarra Samba, Abdoulaye Traoré, Daniel Chandramohan, Traoré, Abdoulaye, Kaboré Habibou, Konaté Amadou T., Alassane Dicko, Kaboré, Habibou, Amadou T Konaté, Ouédraogo Dimlawendé J., Halimatou Diawara, Dimlawendé J Ouédraogo, Dicko Alassane, Dicko, Alassane, Pitt, Catherine, Diallo, Diadier A, Lesong Conteh, Diarra, Samba, Greenwood, Brian, Brian Greenwood, Diallo Diadier A., Conteh, Lesong, Chandramohan Daniel, Kouéla, Kibsbila, Diadier A Diallo, Traoré Abdoulaye, Greenwood Brian, Kibsbila Kouéla, Diawara, Halimatou, Conteh Lesong, Catherine Pitt, Chandramohan, Daniel, Samba Diarra, Diawara Halimatou, Konaté, Amadou T, Kouéla Kibsbila, Habibou Kaboré, Pitt Catherine   +38 more
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Seasonal intermittent preventive treatment for the prevention of anaemia and malaria in Ghanaian children: a randomized, placebo controlled trial. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Malaria and anaemia are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in children in sub-Saharan Africa. We have investigated the effect of intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine or artesunate plus amodiaquine on ...
Kweku Margaret, Liu Dongmei, Adjuik, Martin, Daniel Chandramohan, Greenwood Brian, Margaret Kweku, Binka Fred, Fred Binka, Binka, Fred, Chandramohan, Daniel, Mahmood Seidu, Liu, Dongmei, Dongmei Liu, Seidu, Mahmood, Martin Adjuik, Greenwood, Brian, Brian Greenwood, Kweku, Margaret, Seidu Mahmood, Adjuik Martin, Chandramohan Daniel   +20 more
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Response to Buffet et al: Intermittent preventive anti-malarial treatment to children (IPTc): firebreak or fire trap?

, 2008
Buffet and colleagues have reviewed some of the potential benefits and drawbacks of intermittent preventive antimalarial treatment in children (IPTc).
Chandramohan, Daniel, Bojang, Kalifa, Milligan, Paul, Greenwood, Brian, Cisse, Badara, Kweku, Margaret   +5 more
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Supplement Treatment with NAC and Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids during Pregnancy Partially Prevents Schizophrenia-Related Outcomes in the Poly I:C Rat Model

Antioxidants, 2023
Background: Heightened levels of inflammation and oxidative stress are thought to be involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. We aimed to assess whether intake of anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant drugs during pregnancy prevents later ...
Henriette Edemann-Callesen, Nadine Bernhardt, Elizabeth Barroeta Hlusicka, Franziska Hintz, Bettina Habelt, Rebecca Winter, Isabell Neubert, Meike Pelz, Alexandra Filla, Maria Luisa Soto-Montenegro, Christine Winter, Ravit Hadar   +11 more
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Large gap between attitude and action in tuberculosis preventive treatment among tuberculosis-related healthcare workers in eastern China

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Healthcare workers (HCWs) are at a high risk for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) because of occupational exposure, and the attitudes and behaviors of frontline tuberculosis (TB)-related HCWs toward preventive treatment of LTBI in eastern China ...
Fei Wang, Yanli Ren, Kui Liu, Ying Peng, Xinyi Chen, Bin Chen, Jianmin Jiang, Jianmin Jiang   +7 more
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Gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes mellitus: mechanistic links between dysbiosis, insulin resistance, and chronic low-grade inflammation

Frontiers in Endocrinology
It is becoming more well acknowledged that type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic and inflammatory condition linked to microbiota that involves interrelated disruptions in intestinal integrity, immune control, and insulin signalling.
Yi Chen, Danru Jin, Xue Han, Xiaoting Liu, Yisi Liu, Li Wang   +5 more
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Risk Assessment and Preventive Treatment for Peritoneal Recurrence Following Radical Resection for Gastric Cancer

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
As the most common recurrence pattern after radical gastric cancer resection, peritoneal recurrence is a major cause of mortality, which affects the prognosis of patients to a very large extent.
Lin Xiang, Lin Xiang, Shuai Jin, Peng Zheng, Ewetse Paul Maswikiti, Yang Yu, Lei Gao, Jing Zhang, Ying Zhang, Hao Chen, Hao Chen, Hao Chen   +11 more
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