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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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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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Effect of monthly intermittent preventive treatment with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine with and without azithromycin versus monthly sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine on adverse pregnancy outcomes in Africa: a double-blind randomised, partly placebo-controlled trial

Lancet, The, 2023
Summary Background Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine is more effective than IPTp with sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine at reducing malaria infection during pregnancy in areas with high-grade resistance to ...
George Mtove, Duo-Lao Wang, Jenny A Hill
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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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Differentials in prevalence and correlates on uptake of tetanus toxoid and intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine during pregnancy: A community-based cross-sectional study in The Gambia

SAGE Open Medicine, 2022
Objectives: The study examined the differentials in prevalence and correlates on the uptake of tetanus toxoid and intermittent preventive treatment of malaria among pregnant women in The Gambia.
Amadou Barrow, Sulayman Barrow, Amienatta Jobe   +2 more
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Deciphering the Impact of Mutations on PfDHPS Active Site and Sulfadoxine Binding: Structural Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulations [PDF]

Molecules
The antimalarial combination of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine is used as a preventive treatment in pregnant women and children in Africa. Sulfadoxine inhibits the Plasmodium falciparum dihydropteroate synthase (PfDHPS), but resistance has emerged through ...
Emilie Guémas, Sandie Ménard, Nicolas Jeanne, Georges Landa, Antoine Berry, Marie Brut   +5 more
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Nationwide Monitoring for Plasmodium falciparum Drug-Resistance Alleles to Chloroquine, Sulfadoxine, and Pyrimethamine, Haiti, 2016–2017

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2020
Haiti is striving for zero local malaria transmission by the year 2025. Chloroquine remains the first-line treatment, and sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP) has been used for mass drug-administration pilot programs.
Eric Rogier, Camelia Herman, Curtis S. Huber, Karen E.S. Hamre, Baby Pierre, Kimberly E. Mace, Jacquelin Présumé, Gina Mondélus, Ithamare Romilus, Tamara Elismé, Thomas P. Eisele, Thomas Druetz, Alexandre Existe, Jacques Boncy, Jean F. Lemoine, Venkatachalam Udhayakumar, Michelle A. Chang   +16 more
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Monthly sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine versus dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy: a double-blind, randomised, controlled, superiority trial

Lancet, The, 2019
BACKGROUND Intermittent treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, recommended for prevention of malaria in pregnant women throughout sub-Saharan Africa, is threatened by parasite resistance.
Richard Kajubi, Abel Kakuru, Prasanna Jagannathan   +2 more
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Sulfadoxine [PDF]

Definitions, 2020
A broad-spectrum sulfanilamide and a synthetic analog of para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) with bacteriostatic and antimalarial properties. Sulfadoxine competes with PABA for the bacterial enzyme dihydropteroate synthase, thereby preventing the incorporation
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Stable high frequencies of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine resistance associated mutations and absence of K13 mutations in Plasmodium falciparum 3 and 4 years after the introduction of artesunate plus sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India

Malaria Journal, 2020
Background Artesunate plus sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine (ASP) is first-line treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in most of India, except for six North-eastern provinces where treatment failure rates were high. In Ujjain, central India,
Ashish Pathak, Andreas Mårtensson, Sudhir Gawariker, Ashish Sharma, Vishal Diwan, Manju Purohit, Johan Ursing   +6 more
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