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Assessment of the Teratogenic Effect of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine on the Chicken Embryo

Journal of Toxicology, 2022
Background. The sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine combination is a product used in the intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) of malaria in pregnant women in our country. To date, there is very little data on the teratogenic effect of this product.
Rachida Moussa Tari, Aboudoulatif Diallo, Emmanuelle Kouame, Phénix Assogba, Essotolom Badjabaissi, Lawson-Evi Povi, Batomayena Bakoma, Yao Potchoo, Kokou Tona   +8 more
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A roadmap for understanding sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in malaria chemoprevention. [PDF]

Parasitology
Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is the standard of care for Plasmodium falciparum malaria chemoprevention among pregnant women, infants, and children. However, SP’s antimalarial effectiveness is potentially threatened by resistant parasites. Developing alternative chemoprevention products and other prevention products, such as vaccines and monoclonal ...
Masserey T, Braunack-Mayer L, Miller RS, Möhrle JJ, Penny MA.   +4 more
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Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine versus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: a systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysisResearch in context [PDF]

EClinicalMedicine
Summary: Background: High-grade Plasmodium falciparum resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in east and southern Africa has prompted trials evaluating intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine as an ...
Michelle E. Roh, Julie R. Gutman, Maxwell Murphy, Jenny Hill, Mywayiwawo Madanitsa, Abel Kakuru, Hellen C. Barsosio, Simon Kariuki, John P.A. Lusingu, Frank Mosha, Richard Kajubi, Moses R. Kamya, Don Mathanga, Jobiba Chinkhumba, Miriam K. Laufer, Eulambius Mlugu, Appolinary A.R. Kamuhabwa, Eleni Aklillu, Omary Minzi, Roland Nnaemeka Okoro, Ado Danazumi Geidam, John David Ohieku, Meghna Desai, Prasanna Jagannathan, Grant Dorsey, Feiko O. ter Kuile   +25 more
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Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine versus either drug alone for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: A double-blind, randomized, controlled phase 3 trial from Uganda. [PDF]

PLoS Medicine
BackgroundTo mitigate adverse consequences of malaria in pregnancy, the World Health Organization recommends intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine.
Abel Kakuru, Jimmy Kizza, Miriam Aguti, Harriet Adrama, John Ategeka, Peter Olwoch, Miriam Nakalembe, Joaniter I Nankabirwa, Bishop Opira, Nida Ozarslan, Anju Ranjit, Erin Dela Cruz, Tamara D Clark, Michelle E Roh, Stephanie L Gaw, Prasanna Jagannathan, Philip J Rosenthal, Moses R Kamya, Grant Dorsey   +18 more
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Antimalarial efficacy of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine, amodiaquine and a combination of chloroquine plus sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine in Bundi Bugyo, western Uganda [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and International Health, 2004
SummaryWe report below an in vivo antimalarial efficacy study conducted in 2002 in Bundi Bugyo, a district of western Uganda housing a large displaced population. We tested sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP), amodiaquine (AQ) and the combination chloroquine plus SP (CQ + SP).
Patrice PIOLA, Gerardo Priotto, Alan Brockman   +2 more
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Sulfadoxine/Pyrimethamine Intermittent Preventive Treatment for Malaria during Pregnancy

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2010
For monitoring efficacy of sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine intermittent preventive treatment for malaria during pregnancy, data obtained from studies of children seemed inadequate. High prevalence of triple and quadruple mutants in the dihydropteroate synthase
Philippe Deloron, Gwladys Bertin, Valérie Briand, Achille Massougbodji, Michel Cot   +4 more
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Therapeutic efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, amodiaquine and the sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine-amodiaquine combination against uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in young children in Cameroon

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the therapeutic efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, amodiaquine, and the sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine-amodiaquine combination for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in young children in Cameroon.
Basco Leonardo K., Same-Ekobo Albert, Ngane Vincent Foumane, Ndounga Mathieu, Metoh Theresia, Ringwald Pascal, Soula Georges   +6 more
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Investigating the dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte carriage in expectant women under intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Kilifi, study protocol [version 2; peer review: 3 approved] [PDF]

Open Research Europe
Introduction Malaria in pregnancy remains a public health problem. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) to all pregnant women in moderate to high malaria transmission ...
Isabella Oyier, Martin Rono, Mainga Hamaluba, Patience Kerubo Kiyuka, Nelson Ouma, Mark Muricho, Amek Nyaguara, Charles Muiruri   +7 more
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Genomic characterization of Plasmodium falciparum genes associated with anti-folate drug resistance and treatment outcomes in eastern India: A molecular surveillance study from 2008 to 2017

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
IntroductionAfter being used vigorously for the previous two decades to treat P. falciparum, chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine were replaced in 2009 with an artemisinin-based combination therapy (artesunate-sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine) in an effort
Sabyasachi Das, Sabyasachi Das, Satyajit Tripathy, Ankita Das, Meenakshi Kumari Sharma, Ayan Nag, Amiya Kumar Hati, Somenath Roy   +7 more
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Decreasing burden of malaria in pregnancy in Malawian women and its relationship to use of intermittent preventive therapy or bed nets. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2010
The World Health Organization recommends insecticidal bednets and intermittent preventive treatment to reduce malaria in pregnancy. Longitudinal data of malaria prevalence and pregnancy outcomes are valuable in gauging the impact of these antimalarial ...
Gaoqian Feng, Julie A Simpson, Ebbie Chaluluka, Malcolm E Molyneux, Stephen J Rogerson   +4 more
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