Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology 2004 Sep ; 98(6); 635-7. doi: 10.1179/000349804225021271. Epub 2004 12 09
Publications
Efficacy of chloroquine, sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and amodiaquine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Kajo Keji county, Sudan.
Abstract
To provide advice on the rational use of antimalarial drugs, Médecins Sans Frontières conducted a randomized, an open label efficacy study in Kajo Keji, an area of high transmission of malaria in southern Sudan.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2004 Sep ; 9(9); 975-80. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01290.x. Epub 2004 10 26
Outbreak of West Nile virus causing severe neurological involvement in children, Nuba Mountains, Sudan, 2002.
Abstract
An atypical outbreak of West Nile virus (WNV) occurred in Ngorban County, South Kordophan, Sudan, from May to August 2002. We investigated the epidemic and conducted a case-control study in the village of Limon.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2004 Jun ; 9(6); 730-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01253.x. Epub 2004 08 24
Drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum from the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of antimalarial treatment and molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum resistance in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2004 Jun ; 9(6); 680-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01249.x. Epub 2004 08 24
Lancet (London, England) 2004 Apr 24; 363(9418); 1402. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16070-4. Epub 2004 05 14
Antimalarial efficacy of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, amodiaquine and a combination of chloroquine plus sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine in Bundi Bugyo, western Uganda.
Abstract
We report below an in vivo antimalarial efficacy study conducted in 2002 in Bundi Bugyo, a district of western Uganda housing a large displaced population.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2004 Apr ; 9(4); 445-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01217.x. Epub 2004 07 08
Trypanosoma brucei gambiense trypanosomiasis in Terego county, northern Uganda, 1996: a lot quality assurance sampling survey.
Abstract
We estimated the pre-intervention prevalence of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (Tbg) trypanosomiasis using the lot quality assurance sampling (LQAS) methods in 14 parishes of Terego County in northern Uganda.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2004 Apr ; 70(4); 390-4. doi: . Epub 2004 06 08
Artesunate combinations for treatment of malaria: meta-analysis.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Addition of artemisinin derivatives to existing drug regimens for malaria could reduce treatment failure and transmission potential. We assessed the evidence for this hypothesis from randomised controlled trials.
Lancet (London, England) 2004 Jan 03; 363(9402); 9-17. doi: . Epub 2004 03 03
Adherence to the combination of sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine and artesunate in the Maheba refugee settlement, Zambia.
Abstract
Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) is one strategy recommended to increase cure rates in malaria and to contain resistance to Plasmodium falciparum.
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2004 Jan ; 9(1); 62-7. doi: . Epub 2004 03 09