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Effect of Iron/Folic Acid Supplementation on the Outcome of Malaria Episodes Treated with Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine [PDF]

, 2014
Folic acid supplementation may potentially alter the efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) treatment in children with malaria. However, there is lack of evidence fromrandomized controlled trials and effects of folic acid supplementation on clinical ...
Kabole, Ibrahim, Ibrahim Kabole, Black, Robert E., Dhingra, Usha, Sunil Sazawal, Usha Dhingra, Sazawal, Sunil, Robert E. Black, Mahdi Ramsan, Dutta, Arup, Ramsan, Mahdi, Arup Dutta   +11 more
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Safety and efficacy of dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine (Artekin) for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Rwandan children.

, 2006
In Rwanda, amodiaquine+sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (AQ+SP) is the current first-line treatment for malaria, introduced in 2001 as an interim strategy before the future deployment of an artemisinin-based combination treatment (ACT).
van Overmeir, C, Karema, Corine, Ngamije, D., D'Alessandro, U., Ngamije, D, Fanello, C. I., van Doren, W., van Doren, W, Karema, C., Fanello, Caterina I, Fanello, Caterina I., D'Alessandro, Umberto, Van Overmeir, C., Fanello, CI, d' Alessandro, Umberto, van Geertruyden, Jean-Pierre, Ngamije, Daniel, van Overmeir, Chantal, van Doren, Walli, D'Alessandro, U, Karema, C, van Geertruyden, JP, Van Geertruyden, J. P.   +22 more
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Polymorphisms of the plasmodium falciparum dihydropteroate synthase gene among patients attending LEPI and ADLUCEM hospitals in the west region of Cameroon

Parasite Epidemiology and Control
Background: Cameroon bears a high malaria burden, and sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP) remains widely used for intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy despite the adoption of artemisinin-based combination therapies.
Guela Djoukou Mba Edna, Noumedem Anangmo Christelle Nadia, Yamssi Cedric, Simeni Njonnou Sylvain Raoul, Ngongang Ouankou Christian, Tchuenkam Kom Pacome, Ngouyamsa Nsapkain Aboubakar Sidiki, Tientcheu Noutong Jemimah Sandra, Toumko Towa Merveille, Guemegne Anaiss Patricia Line, Kana Tsague Yval, Haibo Hu, Simeon Pierre Choukem   +12 more
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Comparative evaluation of the efficacy of chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the treatment of uncomplicated Malaria in children under five years in a Rural population of Enugu State

International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2004
Objective: To determine and compare the in vivo efficacy of the trial drugs chloroquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in under 5 children.
Henrietta U Okafor, Tagbo Oguonu
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Intensity of malaria transmission, antimalarial-drug use and resistance in Uganda: what is the relationship between these three factors?

, 2002
We studied (in 1998 and 1999) some factors that may be linked to the spread of chloroquine (CQ) and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance in 7 discrete communities in Uganda.
Watkins, W, Watkins, W., Langi, P., Egwang, T., Mutabingwa, TK, Langi, P, Mutabingwa, T.K., Bakyaita, N., Egwang, T, Bakyaita, N, D'Alessandro, U, d' Alessandro, U., Talisuna, A.O., Van Marck, E, Talisuna, AO, Van Marck, E.   +15 more
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Knowledge, and attitude of service user of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy using sulfadoxine pyrimethamine in the Volta Region of Ghana.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundMalaria in pregnancy (MiP) is a condition that can be prevented by using intermittent preventive treatment using Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine. However, despite all the effort to reduce the consequences of MiP for the woman, the unborn child, and ...
Livingstone Asem, Abdul-Gafaru Abdulia, Patrick Opoku Assuming, Gordon Abeka-Nkrumah   +3 more
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A need for new tools for prevention of malaria in pregnancy.

PLoS Medicine
Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is a chemoprevention strategy against malaria in pregnancy. A recent PLOS Medicine study highlights the need for better understanding of the mechanism by which IPTp-
Makoto Saito, Rose McGready
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Differences in willingness to pay for artemisinin-based combinations or monotherapy: experiences from the United Republic of Tanzania. [PDF]

, 2005
OBJECTIVE: The cost of combination treatment is thought to be one of the greatest barriers to their deployment, but this has not been tested directly.
Mutabingwa, Theonest K, Onwujekwe, Obinna, Virginia Wiseman, Whitty, Christopher JM, Matovu, Fred, Wiseman, Virginia, Obinna Onwujekwe, Theonest K. Mutabingwa, Fred Matovu, Christopher J.M. Whitty   +9 more
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Resistência in vivo do Plasmodium falciparum às 4-aminoquinoleínas e à associação sulfadoxina-pirimetamina: II - estudo de imperatriz, Maranhão, 1983-1984

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 1987
Através da prova de 7 dias foram estudadas as respostas terapêuticas de 96 pacientes com malária falciparum não grave atendidos pela SUCAM em Imperatriz, Maranhão.
Afonso Dinis Costa Passos, Carlos Hiroyuki Osanai, Santiago Reyes   +2 more
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[Plasmodium falciparum resistant to sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine in Senegal].

Anales de medicina interna (Madrid, Spain : 1984), 1991
In 1983, the first African cases of malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum resistant to sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine, were described. Currently, this resistance is frequently found in Kenya and Tanzania. It has also been described in other African countries.
J, Botella de Maglia, J M, Valls Ferrer, M L, Martínez Paz, A, Espacio Casanovas   +3 more
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