News tagged with artesunate
Most effective malaria drug regimens highlighted in study
A study published today identifies the most effective drug combinations recommended for use as first-line treatments for malaria. The research also suggests that augmenting the treatments with a single dose ...
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Sep 09, 2010 |
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Drug-resistant malaria has emerged in Cambodia
(PhysOrg.com) -- Malaria parasites in western Cambodia have become resistant to artemisinin-based therapies, the first-line treatment for malaria, according to a study published in the New England Journal of ...
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Jul 29, 2009 |
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Newer antimalarials more effective than quinine against severe malaria
Quinine should no longer be the drug of choice for treating severe malaria, according to an updated systematic review by Cochrane researchers. It is now evident that the antimalarial drug artesunate, which is derived from ...
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Mar 16, 2011 |
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IPTc found to reduce prevalence of malaria infection in children by up to 85 percent
carried out in Burkina Faso and Mali– have found that combining intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in children (IPTc) with insecticide-treated bednets (ITNs) can substantially reduce the incidence of severe ...
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Feb 01, 2011 |
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Artesunate suppositories are cost-effective intervention for severe childhood malaria
Giving emergency artesunate suppositories to children with suspected severe malaria before referring them for treatment is a cost-effective intervention that can substantially improve the management of childhood malaria in ...
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Nov 30, 2010 |
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Major clinical trial prompts call for change to treatment guidelines for severe malaria worldwide
The largest ever clinical trial in patients hospitalised with severe malaria has concluded that the drug artesunate should now be the preferred treatment for the disease in both children and adults everywhere in the world. ...
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Nov 07, 2010 |
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Antioxidants may help prevent malaria complicaton that leads to learning impairment
Using an experimental mouse model for malaria, an international group of scientists has discovered that adding antioxidant therapy to traditional antimalarial treatment may prevent long-lasting cognitive impairment in cerebral ...
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Jun 25, 2010 |
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How the parasite responsible for severe forms of malaria can resist a major antimalarial agent
French esearchers from CNRS, INSERM and Toulouse University Hospital have demonstrated how the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, which causes severe forms of malaria, is able to circumvent the action of artemisinin ...
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May 05, 2010 |
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New once-a-day antimalarial combination therapy as effective as the twice-a-day gold standard regimen
The new antimalarial combination therapy pyronaridine-artesunate is as effective as the gold standard treatment of artemether-lumefantrine. Furthermore, the new therapy only needs to be taken once daily, compared to twice ...
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Apr 22, 2010 |
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New form of malaria threatens Thai-Cambodia border
(AP) -- O'treng village doesn't look like the epicenter of anything. Just off a muddy rutted-out road, it is nothing more than a handful of Khmer-style bamboo huts perched crookedly on stilts, tucked among ...
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Dec 28, 2009 |
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Old stain in a new combination
New combinations of agents based on the oldest synthetic malaria drug, the methylene blue stain, can curb the spread of malaria parasites and make a significant contribution to the long-term eradication called for by the ...
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May 20, 2009 |
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Discovery of key malaria proteins could mean sticky end for parasite
Scientists funded by the Wellcome Trust have identified a key mechanism that enables malaria-infected red blood cells to stick to the walls of blood vessels and avoid being destroyed by the body's immune system. The research, ...
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Jul 09, 2008 |
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