Publications

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Assessing the efficacy of chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Abstract

We evaluated the in vivo responses to chloroquine (CQ), the first line antimalarial, and to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), the most readily available and affordable alternative treatment, in children under 5 with acute uncomplicated Plasmodium falcipa

Kazadi WM Vong S Makina BN Mantshumba JC Kabuya W Kebela BI Ngimbi NP
Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH 2003 Oct ; 8(10); 868-75. doi: . Epub 2003 11 21

Mortality among displaced former UNITA members and their families in Angola: a retrospective cluster survey.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To measure retrospectively mortality among a previously inaccessible population of former UNITA members and their families displaced within Angola, before and after their arrival in resettlement camps after ceasefire of 4 Ap

Grein T Checchi F Escribà JM Tamrat A Karunakara U Stokes C Brown V Legros D
BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2003 Sep 20; 327(7416); 650. doi: 10.1136/bmj.327.7416.650. Epub 2003 10 17

Highly active antiretroviral therapy in resource-poor settings: the experience of Médecins Sans Frontières.

Abstract

We describe the short-term results of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in seven projects in low and middle income countries. A total of 743 adults were included, and clinical, immunological and virological responses were analysed.

Tassie JM Szumilin E Calmy A Goemaere E
AIDS (London, England) 2003 Sep 05; 17(13); 1995-7. doi: 10.1097/01.aids.0000088165.01779.77. Epub 2003 10 07

A selective sweep driven by pyrimethamine treatment in southeast asian malaria parasites.

Abstract

Malaria parasites (Plasmodium falciparum) provide an excellent system in which to study the genomic effects of strong selection in a recombining eukaryote because the rapid spread of resistance to multiple drugs during the last the past 50 years has be

Nair S Williams JT Brockman A Paiphun L Mayxay M Newton PN Guthmann JP Smithuis FM Hien TT White NJ Nosten F Anderson TJ
Molecular biology and evolution 2003 Sep ; 20(9); 1526-36. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msg162. Epub 2003 06 27

Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 in west Africa: intervention strategy for an outbreak in Sierra Leone.

Abstract

In November 1999, a Médecins Sans Frontières team based in the southeastern part of Sierra Leone reported an increased number of cases of bloody diarrhoea. Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 (Sd1) was isolated in the early cases.

Guerin PJ Brasher C Baron E Mic D Grimont F Ryan M Aavitsland P Legros D
Lancet (London, England) 2003 Aug 30; 362(9385); 705-6. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)14227-4. Epub 2003 10 15