Malaria
Study findings from L.C. Okell et al provide new insights into malaria
Published in Malaria Weekly, September 22nd, 2008
According to recent research published in the Malaria Journal, "Artemisinin combination therapies (ACT), which are increasingly being introduced for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria, are more effective against sexual stage parasites (gametocytes) than previous first-line antimalarials and therefore have the potential to reduce parasite transmission. The size of this effect is estimated in symptomatic P. falciparum infections."
"Data on 3,174 patients were pooled from six antimalarial trials conducted in The Gambia and Kenya. Multivariable regression was used to investigate the role of ACT versus non-artemisinin antimalarial treatment, treatment failure,...
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Source: Malaria Weekly (2008-09-22)
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