BACKGROUND Intermittent treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, recommended for prevention of malaria in pregnant women throughout sub-Saharan Africa, is threatened by parasite resistance.
R. Kajubi+13 more
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Do Health Workers' Preferences Influence their Practices? Assessment of Providers' Attitude and Personal use of new Treatment Recommendations for Management of Uncomplicated Malaria, Tanzania. [PDF]
\ud \ud Due to growing antimalarial drug resistance, Tanzania changed malaria treatment policies twice within a decade. First in 2001 chloroquine (CQ) was replaced by sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) for management of uncomplicated malaria and by late 2006,
Khatib, Rashid A+2 more
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Gametocitemia en malaria por Plasmodium falciparum tratada con amodiaquina o artesunato
Introducción. Las relaciones de la gametocitemia de Plasmodium falciparum con el tratamiento antipalúdico han sido poco estudiadas en América. Objetivo.
Jaime Carmona-Fonseca+2 more
doaj +1 more source
Are transnational tobacco companies' market access strategies linked to economic development models? A case study of South Korea. [PDF]
Transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) have used varied strategies to access previously closed markets. Using TTCs' efforts to enter the South Korean market from the late 1980s as a case study, this article asks whether there are common patterns in these
Amon, A+21 more
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Introducción. La disminución de la eficacia de los medicamentos antipalúdicos en el mundo y en Colombia, dificulta el control de la enfermedad. Objetivo.
Manuel Alberto Pérez+5 more
doaj +1 more source
Low efficacy of the combination artesunate plus amodiaquine for uncomplicated falciparum malaria among children under 5 years in Kailahun, Sierra Leone. [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: In 2004, Sierra Leone adopted artesunate plus amodiaquine as first-line antimalarial treatment. We evaluated the efficacy of this combination in Kailahun, where a previous study had shown 70.2% efficacy of amodiaquine in monotherapy.
Balkan, S+8 more
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Mutaciones puntuales en los genes dhfr y dhps de Plasmodium falciparum de tres regiones endémicas
Introducción. La acumulación progresiva de mutaciones en los genes dhfr y dhps lleva al parásito Plasmodium falciparum a evadir la acción de la sulfadoxina-pirimetamina, situación que aumenta el nivel de resistencia del parásito a estos medicamentos y ...
John Alexander Galindo+4 more
doaj +1 more source
Dairy goat sulfadoxine depletion trial in milk and diagnostic accuracy of the Charm Rapid One Step Assay (ROSA) SULF test. [PDF]
In Canada, currently no antibiotics are approved for use in lactating dairy goats. Trimethoprim sulfadoxine is indicated for the treatment of bacterial pneumonia, enteric and septicemic colibacillosis and salmonellosis, infectious pododermatitis, and ...
Hawley M+6 more
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Background: Artemether-lumefantrine is widely used for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria; sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus amodiaquine is used for seasonal malaria chemoprevention.
Mahamar A+21 more
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In vivo assessment of drug efficacy against Plasmodium falciparum malaria: duration of follow-up. [PDF]
To determine the optimum duration of follow-up for the assessment of drug efficacy against Plasmodium falciparum malaria, 96 trial arms from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with follow-up of 28 days or longer that were conducted between 1990 and 2003
Adjuik, M+16 more
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