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Parasites hint at antimalarial resistance in Africa
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Laboratory tests have revealed resistance to artemisinin in malaria parasites from Africa but the effect in the field is still unknown. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - May 28, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Malaria: An Update for PhysiciansEmail this article to a colleague.
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Malaria remains the most important parasitic infection in humans. There have been significant advances in the treatment of both nonsevere and severe malaria with the advent of artemisinin combination therapies and parenteral artesunate, but the optimum supportive management of severe malaria is unclear. A broadly acceptable therapy for the prevention of relapses in Plasmodium vivax infection has not been discovered. Globally, the priority remains to prevent infection in the vulnerable, to move toward elimination where feasible, and to ensure that effective treatment is available to all. In developed settings, prevention of...
Source: Infectious Diseases Clinics of North America - May 28, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Behzad Nadjm, Ron H. Behrens Source Type: research
Rwanda: Liberalizing Import of Malaria Drugs Without Strict Rules Is SuicidalEmail this article to a colleague.
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[Focus]
A new study by researchers from Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health in the United States of America has revealed that a third of antimalarial drugs in South East Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are counterfeit. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - May 28, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Proteomic identification of host and parasite
biomarkers in saliva from patients with
uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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A preliminary investigation of proteins that are either elevated or reduced in the saliva of malaria patients. (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - May 28, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Honglei HuangMukram MackeenMatthew CookEniyou OrieroEmily LockeMarie ThezenasBenedikt KesslerDavis NwakanmaCliment Casals-Pascual Source Type: research
The effects of serum lipids on the in vitro activity of
lumefantrine and atovaquone against plasmodium
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Lipidaemia reduces the anti-malarial activity of lipophilic anti-malarial drugs. This is an important confounder in laboratory in vitro testing and it could have therapeutic relevance. (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - May 28, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Kesinee ChotivanichMathirut MungthinRonnatrai RuengweerayuthRachanee UdomsangpetchArjen DondorpPratap SinghasivanonSasithon PukrittayakameeNicholas White Source Type: research
Kenya: Malaria Tablets' Price Up in Teso, BungomaEmail this article to a colleague.
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[The Star]
RESIDENTS of Bungoma and Teso have appealed to the government to intervene and avert the subsidised AL malaria tablets crisis. Two weeks after the 24-packet tablets disappeared from the shelves, the price has shot up by 200 per cent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - May 27, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Rachel Carson and the legacy of Silent SpringEmail this article to a colleague.
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Fifty years after the publication of the book that laid the foundations for the environmental movement, what have we learned from the biologist who saw the need for science to work with nature?Near a brook in south-east England, the bird-spotter JA Baker stumbled on a grim little scene in 1961. "A heron lay in frozen stubble. Its wings were stuck to the ground by frost. Its eyes were open and living, the rest of it was dead. As I approached, I could see its whole body craving into flight. But it could not fly. I gave it peace and saw the agonised sunlight of its eyes slowly heal with cloud."The bird's plight was clearly un...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - May 26, 2012 Category: Science Authors: Robin McKie Tags: History of science Conservation Endangered species Birds Wildlife Animals Environment Bristol Festival of Ideas Festivals Culture Science and nature Books Agriculture UK news World news The Observer Features Source Type: news
Kenya: No Malaria Drug ResistanceEmail this article to a colleague.
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[The Star]
Researchers have not identified any cases of antimalaria drug resistance in Africa. The scientists meeting in Nairobi said recent reports of resistance to the most effective treatment - the artemisinin combination therapies (ACTs) - are inaccurate. "There is no confirmed resistance in Africa," said head of disease control in Kenya Dr Willis Akhwale. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - May 25, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Insect repellents and associated personal protection for a reduction in human diseaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Personal protection measures against biting arthropods include topical insect repellents, area repellents, insecticide‐treated bednets and treated clothing. The literature on the effectiveness of personal protection products against arthropods is mainly limited to studies of prevention of bites, rather than prevention of disease. Tungiasis was successfully controlled by application of topical repellents and scrub typhus was reduced through the use of treated clothing. Successful reduction of leishmaniasis was achieved through the use of topical repellents, treated bednets and treated clothing in individual studies. Malar...
Source: Medical and Veterinary Entomology - May 25, 2012 Category: Veterinary Research Authors: M. DEBBOUN, D. STRICKMAN Source Type: research
Tanzania: Kagera Region Intensifies Fight Against MalariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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[Daily News]
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OPTIMISM is very high among the locals as efforts to control Malaria disease in Kagera Region is likely to yield fruits in the near future. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 25, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news
[Comment] Loss of malarial susceptibility to artemisinin in ThailandEmail this article to a colleague.
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The worldwide adoption of artemisinin combination treatments as first-line therapy for malaria has contributed to important reductions in malaria mortality and morbidity. Although the burden remains massive (more than 600 000 people are estimated to have died from Plasmodium falciparum malaria in 2010), treatment and mosquito control programmes provide hope that malaria can be progressively eliminated. In 2008–09, reports showed the emergence of partial resistance to artemisinins in western Cambodia. (Source: LANCET)
Source: LANCET - May 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, David A Fidock Tags: Comment Source Type: research
[Articles] Emergence of artemisinin-resistant malaria on the western border of Thailand: a longitudinal studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Genetically determined artemisinin resistance in P falciparum emerged along the Thailand–Myanmar border at least 8 years ago and has since increased substantially. At this rate of increase, resistance will reach rates reported in western Cambodia in 2–6 years. (Source: LANCET)
Source: LANCET - May 25, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Aung Pyae Phyo, Standwell Nkhoma, Kasia Stepniewska, Elizabeth A Ashley, Shalini Nair, Rose McGready, Carit ler Moo, Salma Al-Saai, Arjen M Dondorp, Khin Maung Lwin, Pratap Singhasivanon, Nicholas PJ Day, Nicholas J White, Tim JC Anderson, François Noste Tags: Articles Source Type: research
Improved Survival From Severe Malaria With Anti-inflammatory DrugsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A novel anti-inflammatory drug could help to improve survival in the most severe cases of malaria by preventing the immune system from causing irrevocable brain and tissue damage. Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have shown that a new class of anti-inflammatory agents, called IDR (innate defense regulator) peptides, could help to increase survival from severe clinical malaria when used in combination with antimalarial drugs... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 25, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news
Soldiers and epidemicsEmail this article to a colleague.
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AbstractWhile epidemics are known to accompany wars, the unintentional involvement of militaries in the spread of pathogens or the emergence of outbreaks is less documented. The deployment of soldiers has resulted in several epidemics in civilian populations; for example, the spread of smallpox, pandemic influenza, sexually transmitted infections, malaria, multiresistant bacteria, Panton‐Valentine leukocidin‐positive Staphylococcus aureus, and, more recently, Vibrio cholerae has been attributed to military deployment and activities. Such soldiers‐borne epidemics are favored by lack immunity of militaries against path...
Source: Clinical Microbiology and Infection - May 25, 2012 Category: Microbiology Authors: Christophe ROGIER Source Type: research
Artemether-lumefantrine treatment failure despite adequate lumefantrine day 7 concentration in a traveller with Plasmodium falciparum malaria after returning from TanzaniaEmail this article to a colleague.
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An interesting case of artemether-lumefantrine treatment failure in a non-immune individual returning from a malaria endemic area with uncomplicated P. falciparum malaria. Based on molecular and pharmacological evidence the authors conclude that this case may represent a failure due to a reduced parasite susceptibility to the long half-life partner drug lumefantrine rather than a failure that can be explained by pharmacokinetics. (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - May 25, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Anna FärnertJohan UrsingThomas TolfvenstamJosea RonoLillemor KarlssonElda SparrelidNiklas Lindegårdh Source Type: research
Quantitative detection of PfHRP2 in saliva of malaria patients in the PhilippinesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Describes the development of a highly sensitive ELISA assay for the detection of the P. falciparum HRP2 protein in saliva samples from malaria patients. The authors propose saliva as a promising non-invasive sample for malaria diagnosis and present procedures to improve sample quality. (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - May 25, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Andrew FungRobert DamoiseauxSarah GrundeenJonnas PanesDaniel HortonJack JudyTheodore Moore Source Type: research
Efficacy of fixed-dose combination artesunateamodiaquine versus artemether-lumefantrine for uncomplicated childhood plasmodium falciparum malaria in democratic republic of congo: a randomized non-inferiority trialEmail this article to a colleague.
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This is the first non-inferiority trial of the fixed dose regimen of these two drugs. The authors find that AL is non-inferior to AS-AQ and that both have high efficacy in DRC. (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - May 25, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Emmanuelle EspiéAngeles LimaBenjamin AtuaMehul DorbaLaurence FlévaudEric SompwePedro Pablo Palma UrrutiaPhilippe Guérin Source Type: research
Fake drugs threaten malaria controlEmail this article to a colleague.
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Poor-quality and fake anti-malaria drugs are an “immediate and urgent threat” to global efforts to control and eliminate the disease, states a review published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. (Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases)
Source: MedWire News - Infectious Diseases - May 24, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
'Negligible risk' from UK rabies caseEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Health Protection Agency has confirmed a case of rabies in London. The patient became infected after being bitten by a dog in South Asia, but is now being treated in the UK. The HPA says the risk to others is “negligible”, but as a precautionary measure health staff and those who have had close contact with the patient are being examined and vaccinated when necessary.
The case has featured widely in today’s newspaper reports, often accompanied by images of vicious-looking dogs preparing to attack. However, it’s important to note that rabies does not circulate in either wild or domestic animals in the UK, so the...
Source: NHS News Feed - May 24, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: QA articles Source Type: news
Malaria vaccine candidate 'could be grown at home'Email this article to a colleague.
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A novel malaria vaccine candidate could be grown at home, by cultivating algae in the backyard, say researchers. (Source: SciDev.Net)
Source: SciDev.Net - May 24, 2012 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Gambia: Sanna Nyassi Survived Two Battles With Malaria to Reach MLSEmail this article to a colleague.
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[Daily Observer]
Impact forward Sanna Nyassi overcame more obstacles than most to reach Major League Soccer, including twice waging a life-threatening battle with malaria. The disease is also something he has in common with his twin brother Sainey, a midfielder with the league's New England Revolution. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 24, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: FG, Others Need U.S.$2.4 Billion to Stop Malaria, Says WHOEmail this article to a colleague.
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[This Day]
Indications emerged yesterday at the ongoing World Health Assembly holding in Geneva, Switzerland that Nigeria and other African endemic countries need about $2.4 billion to stop the spread of malaria disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 24, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Africa: Malaria and HIV Are Global Health Problems So Let's Prioritize ThemEmail this article to a colleague.
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[New Vision]
Recently Uganda participated in the world malaria day annual event and we were able share our experiences, learn from each other's experiences and support each other's efforts in the fight to eliminate malaria and save lives. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 24, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Who brings dengue into North Queensland? A descriptive, exploratory studyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusion: Both dengue fever and malaria occur predominantly in residents who reside in non‐commercial accommodation. Efforts to identify imported dengue fever cases should focus on both tourists and local residents returning from overseas countries. (Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health)
Source: Australian Journal of Rural Health - May 24, 2012 Category: Rural Health Authors: Caroline Mannestål Johansson, William J.H. McBride, Kajsa Engström, Jane Mills Source Type: research
Suppression of erythroid development in vitro by Plasmodium vivaxEmail this article to a colleague.
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In this study, both lysed and intact parasitized RBCs significantly inhibit erythroid growth and erythroid development. (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - May 24, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Tasanee PanichakulWitchuda PayuhakritPanyu PanburanaChokdee WongborisuthSuradej HongengRachanee Udomsangpetch Source Type: research
An affordable, quality-assured community-based system for high-resolution entomological surveillance of vector mosquitoes that reflects human malaria infection risk patternsEmail this article to a colleague.
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A large-scale larviciding programme in urban Dar es Salaam, Tanzania is supported by a community-based system for trapping adult mosquito densities to monitor programme performance. (Source: Malaria Journal)
Source: Malaria Journal - May 24, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Prosper ChakiYeromin MlachaDaniel MsellemAthuman MuhiliAlpha MalisheeZacharia MtemaSamson KiwareYing ZhouNeil LoboTanya RussellStefan DongusNicodem GovellaGerry Killeen Source Type: research
As if malaria weren’t misery enoughEmail this article to a colleague.
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Counterfeit and poorly manufactured drugs, along with higher levels of insecticide resistance among malaria-carrying mosquitoes, are hindering the public health community’s efforts to tackle malaria, which kills somewhere between 650,000 and 1.2 million people annually. (Source: Health Facts and Fears)
Source: Health Facts and Fears - May 24, 2012 Category: Consumer Health Advice Tags: Blogs Source Type: news
The Emerging HIV Epidemic on the Mexico-U.S. Border: An International Case Study Characterizing the Role of Epidemiology in Surveillance and ResponseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Conclusions: Successful policies and program outcomes included expansion of needle-exchange programs, a nationwide mobile HIV prevention program targeting marginalized populations, a successful funding bid from the Global Fund for HIV, TB, and Malaria to scale up targeted HIV-prevention programs, and the establishment of bi-national training programs on prevention of HIV and substance use. We discuss how epidemiologic data informed HIV prevention policies and suggest how other countries may learn from Mexico’s experience. (Source: Annals of Epidemiology)
Source: Annals of Epidemiology - May 23, 2012 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Steffanie A. Strathdee, Carlos Magis-Rodriguez, Vickie M. Mays, Richard Jimenez, Thomas L. Patterson Tags: ACE Policy Symposium Source Type: research
Malaria Progress Threatened By Increasing Drug Resistance And Inadequate TreatmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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Although there has been considerable progress made in malaria control over the past 10 years, these global efforts are now under threat due to increasing drug resistance and inadequate treatment. According to the researchers, approximately 42% of malaria drugs examined in Southeast Asia were fake, while around 33% of antimalarial drugs in sub-Saharan Africa contained either too much or too little of the active ingredient. The study is published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 23, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news
Scaling-up attention to nonmalaria acute undifferentiated feverEmail this article to a colleague.
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Summary: Studies have reported that only a small fraction of fever cases in malaria–endemic areas are actually caused by malaria. Much greater emphasis is now needed to step up attention to the appropriate management of nonmalarial acute undifferentiated febrile illness. There is an overlap at the start of clinical manifestations of different febrile illnesses which makes it difficult to adhere to the clinical guidelines. The development of rigorous guidelines based on high quality research and a consensus from the core group of content experts are needed. An innovative financing mechanism for universal access to such ap...
Source: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene - May 23, 2012 Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Cho Naing, Ani Izzuani Binti Mohd Kassim Tags: Commentary Source Type: research
Health Buzz: Fake Malaria Drugs are CommonEmail this article to a colleague.
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You really are what you eat; are you sitting yourself to death? (Source: U.S. News - Health)
Source: U.S. News - Health - May 23, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: From Malaria Research Results to PolicyEmail this article to a colleague.
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[IRIN]
London -
No matter how compelling, medical research has historically not guaranteed swift regulatory approval, but researchers are finding ways to speed up translation of their conclusions into policy. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 23, 2012 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Fake, Poor Quality Malaria Drugs Threaten ProgressEmail this article to a colleague.
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Up to 42% of anti-malaria drugs available across Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa are poor quality or fake, resulting in drug resistance and inadequate treatment that threatens vulnerable populations and to undermine the huge progress made in recent years, according to a new study published online in The Lancet Infectious Diseases this week. The study was funded by the Fogarty International Center at the US National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, where co-author Dr Joel Breman is Senior Scientist Emeritus... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 23, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news
Rwanda: Queries Over Malaria DrugsEmail this article to a colleague.
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[New Times]
A new medical survey has come up with disturbing a revelation; more than a third of malaria medicines on the market are fake, dealing a serious blow to international efforts to roll back the killer disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - May 23, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Rwanda: New Report Sparks Queries Over Malaria DrugsEmail this article to a colleague.
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[New Times]
A new medical survey has come up with disturbing a revelation; more than a third of malaria medicines on the market are fake, dealing a serious blow to international efforts to roll back the killer disease. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - May 23, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Findings That Could Lead To New Interventions For Severe MalariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers from Seattle Biomedical Research Institute (Seattle BioMed), the University of Copenhagen and the University of Edinburgh have uncovered new knowledge related to host-parasite interaction in severe malaria, concerning how malaria parasites are able to bind to cells in the brain and cause cerebral malaria - the most lethal form of the disease. Three related papers were published in the May 21 online edition of PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences), a premier scientific journal, highlighting this research... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - May 23, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Tropical Diseases Source Type: news
[Comment] Balancing act: haemoglobinopathies and malariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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More than 60 years have passed since J B S Haldane first suggested that the unusual distribution of Cooley's anaemia, the disorder now recognised as β-thalassaemia, might be explained by malaria. In a landmark report published in 1949 he noted that the “corpuscles of the anaemic heterozygotes are smaller than normal, and more resistant to hypotonic solutions”. Haldane also speculated that such corpuscles “are also more resistant to attacks by the sporozoa which cause malaria, a disease prevalent in Italy, Sicily and Greece, where the gene is frequent”. (Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - May 23, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Thomas N Williams Tags: Comment Source Type: research
[Articles] Haemoglobinopathies and the clinical epidemiology of malaria: a systematic review and meta-analysisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Haemoglobin AS, CC, and AC genotypes and homozygous and heterozygous α-thalassaemia provide significant protection from severe malaria syndromes, but these haemoglobinopathies differ substantially in the degree of protection provided and confer mild or no protection against uncomplicated malaria and asymptomatic parasitaemia. Through attenuation of severity of malaria, haemoglobinopathies could serve as a model for investigation of the mechanisms of malaria pathogenesis and immunity. (Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases)
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - May 23, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Steve M Taylor, Christian M Parobek, Rick M Fairhurst Tags: Articles Source Type: research
[Review] Poor-quality antimalarial drugs in southeast Asia and sub-Saharan AfricaEmail this article to a colleague.
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Poor-quality antimalarial drugs lead to drug resistance and inadequate treatment, which pose an urgent threat to vulnerable populations and jeopardise progress and investments in combating malaria. Emergence of artemisinin resistance or tolerance in Plasmodium falciparum on the Thailand–Cambodia border makes protection of the effectiveness of the drug supply imperative. We reviewed published and unpublished studies reporting chemical analyses and assessments of packaging of antimalarial drugs. Of 1437 samples of drugs in five classes from seven countries in southeast Asia, 497 (35%) failed chemical analysis, 423 (46%) of...
Source: The Lancet Infectious Diseases - May 23, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Gaurvika ML Nayyar, Joel G Breman, Paul N Newton, James Herrington Tags: Review Source Type: research
New process would make anti-malarial drug less costlyEmail this article to a colleague.
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(American Chemical Society) Scientists are reporting development of a new, higher-yield, two-step, less costly process that may ease supply problems and zigzagging prices for the raw material essential for making the mainstay drug for malaria. That disease sickens 300-500 million people annually and kills more than one million. The report on the process, which uses readily available substances and could be easily implemented by drug companies, appears in ACS' journal Organic Process Research & Development. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 23, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Anti-inflammatory drugs may improve survival from severe malariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) A novel anti-inflammatory drug could help to improve survival in the most severe cases of malaria by preventing the immune system from causing irrevocable brain and tissue damage.Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have shown that a new class of anti-inflammatory agents, called IDR (innate defense regulator) peptides, could help to increase survival from severe clinical malaria when used in combination with antimalarial drugs. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 23, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
NIH Study Shows Poor Quality Malaria Drugs Pose ThreatEmail this article to a colleague.
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Poor quality antimalarial drugs lead to drug resistance and inadequate treatment that pose an urgent threat to vulnerable populations, according to a National Institutes of Health study published May 22 in The Lancet Infectious Diseasesjournal. (Source: Pharmaceutical Online News)
Source: Pharmaceutical Online News - May 22, 2012 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Study: Over one-third of malaria drugs tested from Asia, Africa found to be fakeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Almost half of malaria medications in southeast Asia and over a third from sub-Saharan Africa were packaged poorly, including some expired drugs that had been repackaged (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - May 22, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC - Malaria Claiming Lives in North KivuEmail this article to a colleague.
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[RNW Africa]
Goma -
An epidemic of malaria has again hit the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Women and children remain the most affected by the disease, despite an ongoing distribution campaign for insecticide-treated mosquito nets. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - May 22, 2012 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Health Highlights: May 22, 2012Email this article to a colleague.
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Fake Malaria Drugs a Major Concern
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Bee Gee Robin Gibb Dies of Cancer (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News - May 22, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: webmaster at doctorslounge.com Tags: Family Medicine, WebScout, Source Type: news
NIH study shows poor quality malaria drugs pose threatEmail this article to a colleague.
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Poor quality antimalarial drugs lead to drug resistance and inadequate treatment that pose an urgent threat to vulnerable populations, according to a National Institutes of Health study published May 22 in The Lancet Infectious Diseasesjournal. Emergence of malaria strains that are resistant to artemisinin drugs on the Thailand-Cambodia border make it imperative to improve the drug supply, stressed the authors. (Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases)
Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) News Releases - May 22, 2012 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Comment on “Emerging Functions of Transcription Factors in Malaria Parasite”Email this article to a colleague.
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(Source: Experimental Diabetes Research)
Source: Experimental Diabetes Research - May 22, 2012 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Study: Fake malaria drugs common in Asia, AfricaEmail this article to a colleague.
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More than a third of the malaria-fighting drugs tested over the past decade in Southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa were either fake or bad quality, seriously undermining efforts to combat the disease, a study said Tuesday. (Source: CTV Health)
Source: CTV Health - May 22, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
'Commit more cash' to Global FundEmail this article to a colleague.
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MPs are urging the UK to give more money to the Global Fund which fights AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - May 22, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Global Update: Fake and Substandard Drugs Grow as Threat to Fight MalariaEmail this article to a colleague.
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About a third of the drug samples from Southeast Asia and Africa failed in testing, according to a report by an American agency. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 22, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By DONALD G. McNEIL, Jr. Tags: Malaria Medicine and Health Source Type: news
