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Efficacy of three artemisinin combination therapies for the treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Republic of Congo. [PDF]

open access: yes
BACKGROUND: Presented here are the results of a comparative trial on the efficacy of three artemisinin-based combinations conducted from May to October 2004, in Pool Province, Republic of Congo.
van den Broek, I   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Surveillance for sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistant malaria parasites in the Lake and Southern Zones, Tanzania, using pooling and next-generation sequencing

open access: yesMalaria Journal, 2017
BackgroundMalaria in pregnancy (MiP) remains a major public health challenge in areas of high malaria transmission. Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) is recommended to prevent the adverse ...
Jeremiah Ngondi   +16 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Developing Ontology Support for Human Malaria Control Initiatives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Malaria is one of the most common infectious diseases and an enormous public health problem in Sub-Sahara Africa, Asia and parts of America. In this paper, we discuss the development of the Human Malaria Control Ontology (HMCO) which contains general ...
Daramola Olawande, Fatumo Segun
core   +1 more source

Focusing on quality patient care in the new global subsidy for malaria medicines. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Tido von Schoen-Angerer and colleagues discuss the new Affordable Medicines Facility for malaria (AMFm), which subsidizes and facilitates access to artemisinin-based combination therapy, and what mechanisms are needed to ensure it stays focused on ...
Moon, S   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Pharmacokinetics of Sulfadoxine and Pyrimethamine for Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria During Pregnancy and After Delivery

open access: yesCPT: Pharmacometrics & Systems Pharmacology, 2017
Sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine is recommended for intermittent preventative treatment of malaria during pregnancy. Data from 98 women during pregnancy and 77 after delivery in four African countries were analyzed using nonlinear mixed‐effects modeling to ...
M. Kock   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Developing Ontology Support for Human Malaria Control Initiatives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Malaria is one of the most common infectious diseases and an enormous public health problem in Sub-Sahara Africa, Asia and parts of America. In this paper, we discuss the development of the Human Malaria Control Ontology (HMCO) which contains ...
Daramola, Olawande, Fatumo, S.
core  

Spatial mapping and prediction of Plasmodium falciparum infection risk among school-aged children in Côte d'Ivoire [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
BACKGROUND: In Côte d'Ivoire, malaria remains a major public health issue, and thus a priority to be tackled. The aim of this study was to identify spatially explicit indicators of Plasmodium falciparum infection among school-aged children and to ...
Assi, Serge-Brice   +13 more
core   +5 more sources

Intermittent Preventive Treatment with Sulfadoxine–Pyrimethamine: More than Just an Antimalarial?

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2017
Malaria in pregnancy is associated with increased risk for both maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes, notably low birthweight and neonatal mortality.
J. Gutman, L. Slutsker
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Adherence to artemether/lumefantrine treatment in children under real-life situations in rural Tanzania. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
A follow-up study was conducted to determine the magnitude of and factors related to adherence to artemether/lumefantrine (ALu) treatment in rural settings in Tanzania.
Gustafsson, Lars L   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Molecular determinants of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum in Nigeria and the regional emergence of dhps 431V

open access: yesInternational Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance, 2016
There are few published reports of mutations in dihydropteroate synthetase (dhps) and dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr) genes in P. falciparum populations in Nigeria, but one previous study has recorded a novel dhps mutation at codon 431 among infections ...
Mary C. Oguike   +13 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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