BACKGROUND: Artesunate and amodiaquine (AS&AQ) is at present the world's second most widely used artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT). It was necessary to evaluate the efficacy of...
van den Broek IVF, van der Wardt S, Talukder L, Chakma S, Brockman A, et al.
2004-06-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2004-06-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy of antimalarial treatment and molecular markers of Plasmodium falciparum resistance in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. METHODS: A total of 203...
van den Broek IVF, Gatkoi T, Lowoko B, Nzila A, Ochong E, et al.
2008-01-31 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2008-01-31 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The current first-line and second-line drugs for Plasmodium falciparum malaria in South Sudan, chloroquine and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), were evaluated and compared with amodiaquin...
Anderson TJC, Nair SA, Sudimack D, Williams JT, Mayxay M, et al.
2005-12-01 • Molecular Biology and Evolution
2005-12-01 • Molecular Biology and Evolution
Loci targeted by directional selection are expected to show elevated geographical population structure relative to neutral loci, and a flurry of recent papers have used this rationale to...
Ashley EA, Pinoges LLP, Turyakira E, Dorsey G, Checchi F, et al.
2008-08-09 • Malaria Journal
2008-08-09 • Malaria Journal
BACKGROUND: Use of different methods for assessing the efficacy of artemisinin-based combination antimalarial treatments (ACTs) will result in different estimates being reported, with im...
2003-08-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2003-08-01 • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Amodiaquine, a 4-aminoquinoline compound, is being considered as an alternative to chloroquine and pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine where resistance in Plasmodium falciparum to both drugs has b...
Swarthout TD, van den Broek IVF, Kayembe G, Montgomery JM, Pota H, et al.
2006-10-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
2006-10-01 • Tropical Medicine and International Health
We undertook a trial of artesunate + amodiaquine (AS + AQ) and artesunate + sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (AS + SP) in 180 children of age 6-59 months with uncomplicated malaria in Democrat...
van den Broek IVF, Maung U, Peters A, Liem L, Kamal M, et al.
2005-10-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2005-10-01 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Bangladesh faces growing levels of Plasmodium falciparum resistance to chloroquine (CQ) and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP). Alternative antimalarial therapies, particularly combination r...