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Long-term effect of uncomplicated Plasmodium berghei ANKA malaria on memory and anxiety-like behaviour in C57BL/6 mice

Parasites & Vectors, 2018
Background Cerebral malaria, the main complication of Plasmodium falciparum infection in humans, is associated with persistent neurocognitive sequels both in human disease and the murine experimental model.
Luciana Pereira de Sousa, Roberto Farina de Almeida, Flávia Lima Ribeiro-Gomes, Leonardo José de Moura Carvalho, Tadeu Mello e Souza, Diogo Onofre Gomes de Souza, Cláudio Tadeu Daniel-Ribeiro   +6 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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Artemether-lumefantrine versus dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for treatment of malaria: a randomized trial. [PDF]

, 2007
OBJECTIVES: To compare the efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (DP) for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Uganda. DESIGN: Randomized single-blinded clinical trial.
Staedke Sarah G, Wabwire-Mangen, F, Yeka Adoke, Rwakimari, JB, Dorsey, Grant, Rwakimari John B, Nosten François, Talisuna, Ambrose O, Dorsey Grant, Kamya, MR, Greenhouse Bryan, Rosenthal, PJ, Greenhouse, B, Rosenthal Philip J, Staedke, SG, Nosten, F, Lugemwa, Myers, Rosenthal, Philip J, Yeka, Adoke, Dorsey, G, Staedke, Sarah G, Greenhouse, Bryan, Rwakimari, John B, Bukirwa, H, Bukirwa, Hasifa, Lugemwa, M, Kamya Moses R, Lugemwa Myers, Kamya, Moses R, Bukirwa Hasifa, Wabwire-Mangen Fred, Talisuna Ambrose O, Wabwire-Mangen, Fred, Talisuna, AO, Nosten, François, Yeka, A   +35 more
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Current issues in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Africa [PDF]

British Medical Bulletin, 2004
Sub-Saharan Africa is faced with a crisis of rising levels of resistance to antimalarial drugs and few available and affordable alternatives. Combination chemotherapy, using two or more drugs with different mechanisms and sites of action together, is proposed as a mechanism for slowing the process of development of resistance.
David, Bell, Peter, Winstanley
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The economic burden of malaria on households and the health system in a high transmission district of Mozambique

Malaria Journal, 2019
Background Malaria remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Mozambique. Increased investments in malaria control have reduced the burden, but few studies have estimated the costs of malaria in the country.
Sergi Alonso, Carlos J. Chaccour, Eldo Elobolobo, Amilcar Nacima, Baltazar Candrinho, Abuchahama Saifodine, Francisco Saute, Molly Robertson, Rose Zulliger   +8 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]

, 2012
\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,
Lutambi Angelina M, Khatib, R. A., Rashid A Khatib, Masanja Irene M, Khatib Rashid A, Irene M Masanja, Masanja, Irene M, Lutambi, A. M., Angelina M Lutambi, Lutambi, Angelina M, Masanja, I. M., Khatib, Rashid A   +11 more
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Treatment of uncomplicated and severe malaria during pregnancy [PDF]

The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2018
Over the past 10 years, the available evidence on the treatment of malaria during pregnancy has increased substantially. Owing to their relative ease of use, good sensitivity and specificity, histidine rich protein 2 based rapid diagnostic tests are appropriate for symptomatic pregnant women; however, such tests are less appropriate for systematic ...
D’Alessandro, U, Hill, J, Tarning, J, Pell, C, Webster, J, Gutman, J, Sevene, E   +6 more
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Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy in Bionanotechnology: Current Advances and Future Perspectives

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM) enables the nanoscale mapping of electrostatic surface potentials. While widely applied in materials science, its use in biological systems remains emerging. This review presents recent advances in KPFM applied to biological samples and provides a critical perspective on current limitations and future directions for
Ehsan Rahimi, Mario Palacios‐Corella, Arjan Mol, Salvador Pané, Josep Puigmartí‐Luis   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Might procalcitonin help predict imported falciparum malaria in children?

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
Background: Procalcitonin (PCT) has been proposed as a marker for malaria severity in adults, with a threshold of 10 ng/ml for severe falciparum disease. Whether PCT is useful in children is debated.
Alexandra Tielli, Rachidou Ouorou, Lauren Pull, Karamo Souare, Olivier Bouchaud, Laurent Brutus, Frédérick Gay, Jean-Yves Siriez   +7 more
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Plasma glutathione and oxidized glutathione level, glutathione/oxidized glutathione ratio, and albumin concentration in complicated and uncomplicated falciparum malaria

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2016
Objective: To compare the level of glutathione (GSH) and oxidized glutathione (GSSG), the ratio of GSH/GSSG and the concentration of albumin in plasma of patients with complicated and un-complicated falciparum malaria.
Loeki Enggar Fitri, Agustin Iskandar, Teguh Wahju Sardjono, Ummu Ditya Erliana, Widya Rahmawati, Didi Candradikusuma, Utama Budi Saputra, Eko Suhartono, Bambang Setiawan, Erma Sulistyaningsih   +9 more
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