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Adherence to a six-dose regimen of artemether-lumefantrine for treatment of uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Uganda.

Abstract

Measuring baseline levels of adherence and identifying risk factors for non-adherence are important steps before the introduction of new antimalarials.

Fogg C Bajunirwe F Piola P Biraro S Checchi F Kiguli J Namiiro P Musabe J Kyomugisha A Guthmann JP
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2004 Nov ; 71(5); 525-30. doi: . Epub 2005 01 18

Case management of a multidrug-resistant Shigella dysenteriae serotype 1 outbreak in a crisis context in Sierra Leone, 1999-2000.

Abstract

From December 1999 to the end of February 2000, 4218 cases of dysentery were reported in Kenema district, southeastern Sierra Leone, by a Médecins Sans Frontières team operating in this region.

Guerin PJ Brasher C Baron E Mic D Grimont F Ryan M Aavitsland P Legros D
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2004 Nov ; 98(11); 635-43. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.01.005. Epub 2004 12 06

In vivo assessment of drug efficacy against Plasmodium falciparum malaria: duration of follow-up.

Abstract

To determine the optimum duration of follow-up for the assessment of drug efficacy against Plasmodium falciparum malaria, 96 trial arms from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with follow-up of 28 days or longer that were conducted between 1990 and 20

Stepniewska K Taylor WR Mayxay M Price R Smithuis F Guthmann JP Barnes K Myint HY Adjuik M Olliaro P Pukrittayakamee S Looareesuwan S Hien TT Farrar J Nosten F Day NP White NJ
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 2004 Nov ; 48(11); 4271-80. doi: 10.1128/AAC.48.11.4271-4280.2004. Epub 2004 12 21

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.

Stivanello E Cavailler P Cassano F Omar SA Kariuki D Mwangi J Piola P Guthmann JP
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.

Depoortere E Kavle J Keus K Zeller H Murri S Legros D
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.

van den Broek IV van der Wardt S Talukder L Chakma S Brockman A Nair S Anderson TC
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