[HTML][HTML] Vivax malaria: neglected and not benign

RN Price, E Tjitra, CA Guerra, S Yeung… - The American journal …, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Plasmodium vivax threatens almost 40% of the world's population, resulting in 132-391
million clinical infections each year. Most of these cases originate from South East Asia and …

[HTML][HTML] Artemisinin-based combination treatment of falciparum malaria

F Nosten, NJ White - Defining and Defeating the Intolerable Burden …, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Artemisinin-based combination treatments (ACTs) are now generally accepted as the best
treatments for uncomplicated falciparum malaria. They are rapidly and reliably effective …

Reduced Susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to Artesunate in Southern Myanmar

MP Kyaw, MH Nyunt, K Chit, MM Aye, KH Aye, MM Aye… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Plasmodium falciparum resistance to artemisinins, the first line treatment for
malaria worldwide, has been reported in western Cambodia. Resistance is characterized by …

Changes in the treatment responses to artesunate-mefloquine on the northwestern border of Thailand during 13 years of continuous deployment

VI Carrara, J Zwang, EA Ashley, RN Price… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Background Artemisinin combination treatments (ACT) are recommended as first line
treatment for falciparum malaria throughout the malaria affected world. We reviewed the …

[图书][B] Global report on antimalarial drug efficacy and drug resistance: 2000-2010

World Health Organization - 2010 - apps.who.int
BACkground Plasmodium resistance to antimalarial medicines is one of the major obstacles
in the fight against malaria. Comprehensive, up-to-date understanding of the scope of …

Two fixed-dose artemisinin combinations for drug-resistant falciparum and vivax malaria in Papua, Indonesia: an open-label randomised comparison

A Ratcliff, H Siswantoro, E Kenangalem, R Maristela… - The Lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
Summary Background The burden of Plasmodium vivax infections has been
underappreciated, especially in southeast Asia where chloroquine resistant strains have …

Pfmdr1 and in vivo resistance to artesunate-mefloquine in falciparum malaria on the Cambodian–Thai border

A ALKER, P Lim, R Sem, N SHAH, P Yi… - The American journal …, 2007 - cdr.lib.unc.edu
Artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) have recently been adopted as first-line therapy
for Plasmodium falciparum infections in most malaria-endemic countries. In this study, we …

Plasmodium falciparum msp1, msp2 and glurp allele frequency and diversity in sub-Saharan Africa

F Mwingira, G Nkwengulila, S Schoepflin, D Sumari… - Malaria journal, 2011 - Springer
Background The efficacy of anti-malarial drugs is assessed over a period of 28-63 days
(depending on the drugs' residence time) following initiation of treatment in order to capture …

Efficacy of Artesunate Plus Amodiaquine versus That of Artemether-Lumefantrine for the Treatment of Uncomplicated Childhood Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in …

A Mårtensson, J Strömberg, C Sisowath… - Clinical Infectious …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Background. This is the first clinical trial comparing the efficacy of artesunate plus
amodiaquine (ASAQ) and artemether-lumefantrine (AL)—the major artemisinin-based …

Supervised versus unsupervised intake of six-dose artemether-lumefantrine for treatment of acute, uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Mbarara, Uganda …

P Piola, C Fogg, F Bajunirwe, S Biraro, F Grandesso… - The Lancet, 2005 - thelancet.com
Background The six-dose regimen of artemether-lumefantrine is effective and is among
combination therapies prioritised to replace antimalarials that no longer work in Africa …