Epidemiology and infectivity of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax gametocytes in relation to malaria control and elimination

T Bousema, C Drakeley - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2011 - Am Soc Microbiol
Malaria remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the tropics, with Plasmodium
falciparum responsible for the majority of the disease burden and P. vivax being the …

Antibiotics in malaria therapy: which antibiotics except tetracyclines and macrolides may be used against malaria?

T Gaillard, M Madamet, FF Tsombeng, J Dormoi… - Malaria journal, 2016 - Springer
Malaria, a parasite vector-borne disease, is one of the most significant health threats in
tropical regions, despite the availability of individual chemoprophylaxis. Malaria …

Drug repurposing: a review of old and new antibiotics for the treatment of malaria: identifying antibiotics with a fast onset of antiplasmodial action

L Pessanha de Carvalho, A Kreidenweiss, J Held - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Malaria is one of the most life-threatening infectious diseases and constitutes a major health
problem, especially in Africa. Although artemisinin combination therapies remain efficacious …

Safety and Efficacy of Co-Trimoxazole for Treatment and Prevention of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria: A Systematic Review

C Manyando, EM Njunju, U D'Alessandro… - PLos one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Cotrimoxazole (CTX) has been used for half a century. It is inexpensive hence
the reason for its almost universal availability and wide clinical spectrum of use. In the last …

The proliferating cell hypothesis: a metabolic framework for Plasmodium growth and development

JE Salcedo-Sora, E Caamano-Gutierrez, SA Ward… - Trends in …, 2014 - cell.com
We hypothesise that intraerythrocytic malaria parasite metabolism is not merely fulfilling the
need for ATP generation, but is evolved to support rapid proliferation, similar to that seen in …

Effects of Antimalarial Molecules on the Gametocyte Stage of Plasmodium falciparum: The Debate

O Dechy-Cabaret, F Benoit-Vical - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
Although the illness malaria is caused by the asexual blood stages, the presence of
gametocytes is directly responsible for the infection of the vector Anopheles, thus …

In Vitro Activity of Antifolate and Polymorphism in Dihydrofolate Reductase of Plasmodium falciparum Isolates from the Kenyan Coast: Emergence of Parasites with Ile …

SM Kiara, J Okombo, V Masseno, L Mwai… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
We have analyzed the activities of the antifolates pyrimethamine (PM), chlorcycloguanil
(CCG), WR99210, trimethoprim (TMP), methotrexate (MTX), and trimetrexate (TMX) against …

[PDF][PDF] Therapeutic efficacy and effects of artemether-lumefantrine and amodiaquine-sulfalene-pyrimethamine on gametocyte carriage in children with uncomplicated …

A Sowunmi, GO Gbotosho, CT Happi… - American Journal of …, 2007 - academia.edu
The treatment efficacy and effects of artemether-lumefantrine (AL) and amodiaquine-
sulfalenepyrimethamine (ASP) on gametocyte carriage were evaluated in 181 children 10 …

Therapeutic efficacy of sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine and the prevalence of molecular markers of resistance in under 5‐year olds in Brazzaville, Congo

M Ndounga, R Tahar, LK Basco… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To test the efficacy of sulfadoxine–pyremethamine (SP) monotherapy and
establish the prevalence of mutations in dhfr and dhps in Brazzaville, Congo. Method We …

Plasmodium falciparum gametocyte sex ratios in children with acute, symptomatic, uncomplicated infections treated with amodiaquine

A Sowunmi, ST Balogun, GO Gbotosho, CT Happi - Malaria Journal, 2008 - Springer
Background Amodiaquine is frequently used as a partner drug in combination therapy or in
some setting as monotherapy, but little is known about its effects on gametocyte production …